I was looking at the Duck Pond, which is really very "busy" and saw how the caracaras worked as a team chasing nenday parakeets on the wing, though the effort was unsuccessful.
But it was much more interesting to observe a caracara on the ground walking very cautiously to get to a place. It was a pool of water inside the pond. In it a coypu moved easily in search for food. The caracara got nearer till the coypu realised how near the bird was, slid out of the water and began to drive the caracara away. I had never seen a coypu run and just as a comment it resembles a rabbit in the way it does, almost hopping. The caracara quickly flaps and flies away. They never came into contact but we can say the coypu threw out the caracara, which flew off.
I photographed the scene when the coypu leaves the water and attacks the caracara. But not the end of the story. Actions precipitated ...
In this sequence Victoria and Ricardo tell us about the behaviour of a group of caracaras arguing who would first eat the hunted coypu. We spied on them till one stared at us fiercely. Just in case... The screams previous to the pecking called our attention. In the 2nd photo, two of them fought and one kept the other against the ground. Then the whole group (it seems they have agreed on the feeding order) watched the winner eat and the rest waited for their turn
In this sequence Victoria and Ricardo tell us about the behaviour of a group of caracaras arguing who would first eat the hunted coypu. We spied on them till one stared at us fiercely. Just in case... The screams previous to the pecking called our attention. In the 2nd photo, two of them fought and one kept the other against the ground. Then the whole group (it seems they have agreed on the feeding order) watched the winner eat and the rest waited for their turn
In this sequence Victoria and Ricardo tell us about the behaviour of a group of caracaras arguing who would first eat the hunted coypu. We spied on them till one stared at us fiercely. Just in case... The screams previous to the pecking called our attention. In the 2nd photo, two of them fought and one kept the other against the ground. Then the whole group (it seems they have agreed on the feeding order) watched the winner eat and the rest waited for their turn
In this sequence Victoria and Ricardo tell us about the behaviour of a group of caracaras arguing who would first eat the hunted coypu. We spied on them till one stared at us fiercely. Just in case... The screams previous to the pecking called our attention. In the 2nd photo, two of them fought and one kept the other against the ground. Then the whole group (it seems they have agreed on the feeding order) watched the winner eat and the rest waited for their turn
In this sequence Victoria and Ricardo tell us about the behaviour of a group of caracaras arguing who would first eat the hunted coypu. We spied on them till one stared at us fiercely. Just in case... The screams previous to the pecking called our attention. In the 2nd photo, two of them fought and one kept the other against the ground. Then the whole group (it seems they have agreed on the feeding order) watched the winner eat and the rest waited for their turn
In this sequence Victoria and Ricardo tell us about the behaviour of a group of caracaras arguing who would first eat the hunted coypu. We spied on them till one stared at us fiercely. Just in case... The screams previous to the pecking called our attention. In the 2nd photo, two of them fought and one kept the other against the ground. Then the whole group (it seems they have agreed on the feeding order) watched the winner eat and the rest waited for their turn
Eating somehting which must be a coypu
Too many caracaras flying over the coast at the Viamonte end, cicling in the sky, chasing, fighting. There were juveniles and adults. We approached the coast to see what was happening but we found nothing. Here eight individuals were above our heads
Too many caracaras flying over the coast at the Viamonte end, cicling in the sky, chasing, fighting. There were juveniles and adults. We approached the coast to see what was happening but we found nothing. Here eight individuals were above our heads
Too many caracaras flying over the coast at the Viamonte end, cicling in the sky, chasing, fighting. There were juveniles and adults. We approached the coast to see what was happening but we found nothing. Here eight individuals were above our heads
Only a sample of the number of caracaras which emerge from the Gull Pond
There are too many caracaras mainly in the Gull Pond
There are too many caracaras mainly in the Gull Pond.
