You’ve probably seen the regal eagle and the bobbing robin, but few have seen the crested caracara. This large bird is one of 50 listed species that are protected in Florida because of limited ...

My wife, Kathy, and I were driving the backroads around Chappell Hill looking at blankets of bluebonnets when a raptor caught our eye. The bird with an eaglelike beak was tearing at the flesh of a ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Looks like we have another candidate for Bird of the Millennium. I’m going to have to compile a ...

HIGHBRIDGE − Jena Lindquist did evening chores May 28 on the 600-acre farm she and her husband, Adam Lindquist, own and work in Highbridge in Ashland County. She fed and watered chickens and bottle ...

This would be an outstanding clue in a future Jeopardy episode under the category of Birds: they look like hawks and act like vultures, but they are actually falcons. Answer: What is the crested ...

Before the glaciers began to melt back into the sea, the Florida peninsula grew a great savanna grassland that stretched through Texas and buoyed a striking blue-beaked raptor with a chest of stripes ...

Once the proud national bird of Mexico, the crested caracara, or as it was also known, the Mexican eagle, was downgraded not too long ago. This relative of the falcon is more adept at eating roadkill ...

Weeks after proposing a bill aimed at halting federal protections of the dunes sagebrush lizard, U.S. Rep. August Pfluger, R-San Angelo, has now filed new legislation that seeks permission for ...

Some recent experiences have triggered childhood memories of outings in our family car with dad and mom cruising on highways and mostly unpaved country roads of past years. The events may appear ...

One of the most distinctive birds in Florida is one with an identity crisis. The crested caracara is built like a falcon, but it acts more like a vulture. It won’t chase live prey unless forced to, ...