Walter Hamler wrote: > "It's a "Great Egret", I think." > > Thanks. I didn't know for sure. > Have you ever seen or heard of a KaraKara? They are a bird of prey, sorta > like an Eagle, not quite as big. Has a hair do that make him look like Elvis > on a "bad hair day"! > There was one in a tree, but way too far for my 200mm. Some Canon shooters > were there with the big guns, 600mm, 2X and one had an 800mm I believe. The > viewfinder image was nice, but the bird was looking backwards 90% of the > time. > > Walt > >
Crested Caracaras are very pretty birds of prey. Pretty much only down in the southern states and Mexico. Hopefully I'll see them in Texas when I go there in May. -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net