AWARDS: ENGLAND / WILTSHIRE / LAKE DISTRICT / WALES / SCOTLAND / COAST OF S.W. ENGLAND / COAST / STORMS / LAKES & MOUNTAINS / WINTER LANDSCAPES / DESERTS / ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY / BRITISH BIRDS 1 / BRITISH BIRDS 2 / BRITISH MAMMALS / BRITISH INSECTS / WORLD BIRDS / WORLD MAMMALS / NATURE
SOUTHERN CARACARA
Caracaras are South American falcons which resemble hawks and feed mostly on carrion. I photographed this one in Chile’s Torres del Paine National Park during light rain. It was sitting in a tree and took off as I approached on foot. It doesn’t pay to fill the frame with a bird that might spread its wings at any moment.
F/5.6, 1/640th second, ISO 640
Accepted: Southampton 2024
