I haven't been able to get up to Orange County to see the caracara in
person yet, but taking a closer look at some of the better photos
embedded in eBird checklists does indeed show what looks to be an empty
socket where the bird's left eye should be:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/129581436@N08
John Gluth brings up an interesting point. I'd noticed this damage to the
left side of the head when viewing the bird yesterday but wanted to
research it a little more before posting any speculation. In addition to
the empty eye socket, some feathering above the eye also seemed a little
messed up.
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> On Apr 15, 2015, at 1:08 PM, Angus Wilson wrote:
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> John Gluth brings up an interesting point. I'd noticed this damage to the
> left side of the head when viewing the bird yesterday but wanted to research
> it a little more before posting any speculation. In addition t
I did post pictures of the Caracara's missing eye in NY Birders.
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> On Apr 15, 2015, at 1:08 PM, Angus Wilson wrote:
>
> John Gluth brings up an interesting point. I'd noticed this damage to the
> left side of the head when viewing the bird yesterday but wanted to research
Felipe, if you have a link for these photos outside of Facebook, perhaps you
may considering sharing.
There are many list serve subscribers who are not on Facebook and probably
don't know the reference to NY Birders.
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Interesting that it's the left eye. It could be a factor in explaining why
this bird is so far from home, although perception of magnetic polarity in
most avian species that have been researched is connected to the right eye
(and left brain hemisphere), I believe
Dominic
www.aventuraargentina
He eye socket is indeed empty. Herb Houghton from NJ showed my a picture today
where the empty socket was evident. Herb also states that he took a photo of
the bird head on that shows the convex shape of the birds right eye and a
concave area where the left eye should be. He has a photo web s
I have uploaded two pictures of the Crested Caracara to my Flickr page. You can
see the differences between the right and the left (damaged) eye.
FP
https://www.flickr.com/photos/fpimentel1/
On Apr 15, 2015, at 7:39 PM, Curt McDermott wrote:
> He eye socket is indeed empty. Herb Houghton f