Shot of "Sirius" the Striated Caracara taken at HCT during his display. Caracaras are very intelligent birds and will move quite large objects in search of food.
In this shot Sirius is pulling a rather large fibreglass "prop rock" to one side in order to retrieve the piece of food found underneath.
He was a little too close for the 500mm lens that I had on the camera, but I quite like the tight framing, and he turned his head just enough to see the eye. I also like the raised foot showing the effort he is putting in to move the rock.
John
EOS 1DMKIII
EF 500 F4L
ISO 400
1/1600 @ F4
06-18-2008, 12:23 PM
Lana Hays
John
I've never really seen Caracara's up close or known much about therm so I find this quite interesting. Love the up close look at the struggle. The raised foot and the head turned to see the eye adds to the action. Well done.
06-18-2008, 06:10 PM
Maxis Gamez
Hi John,
What a lovely behavior. This image tells the story IMO.
06-18-2008, 06:56 PM
DanWalters
Grat behavioral image. You can really see the effort in trying to move the rock.
06-19-2008, 01:18 PM
Gus Cobos
Love the action John...are you sure his name is not IRON BIRD...:D nice capture...:cool:
