No sign of yesterday’s Crested Caracara at Camp Hero or any of the surrounding environs of Montauk Point. Multiple birders covered the area extensively this morning (including myself, Pat Lindsay, Shai Mitra, Jay Rand, and Jim Ash), paying close attention to both the last known location and the most appealing nearby habitat at Deep Hollow Ranch and Third House/Theodore Roosevelt County Park. One detail worth noting was a conspicuous deer carcass in the pastures south of Old Montauk Highway across from Deep Hollow. There were several crows already in attendance at the feast, and I spotted a raven heading east up the road toward that location while I was heading home. It seems like just the kind of scene which would likely attract the caracara’s attention of it were still lingering in the area, so I’d recommend that any interested locals and Suffolk birders keep an eye on the site despite it seeming increasingly likely that the bird has moved on.
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