the wily caracara, perhaps the most intelligent of the raptors, often wins the game of pitiful human vs. caracara

notice how this pair of Yellow-Headed Caracaras has posed to enjoy the sun & wide views of the mountain scenery without giving the photographer any available angle to capture the shot with both faces in frame!!!!

i think i still like it as a landscape tho...

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what if u spotted this floof in the trees! do u think borb is ticklish?

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"speckle face, they call me, funny looking, then they gripe when i & the girl cleverly conceal ourselves in the limbs of distant trees!" -- funny-looking parrot

note: these birds presented a huge challenge & would not come close & they laugh at your bird feeders, they can find their own food, but if you squint MAYBE you can see the red undertail feathers that mark this as a Pionus parrot

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plenty of shots of this birb & this species but the sky was giving me fits...

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"i'm not speaking to u, u don't exist, don't even start"

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my disguise is perfect, NO ONE will ever spot me behind this stick, NO, u didn't, if you think u did... u still didn't-- defiant cock of the rock

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my attitude is poor & i'm proud of it -- flared-ear violetear

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"who invited U?" -- grumpy tanager

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"i've gone bananas for the wearing of the green" -- banana-chopping motmot

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