Alan Murphy/ BIA / Northern Caracara (Caracara cheriway) sub-adult at Raccoon (Procyon lotor) carcass, Texas

Alan Murphy/ BIA / Northern Caracara (Caracara cheriway) pair fighting, Texas

Alan Murphy/ BIA / Northern Caracara (Caracara cheriway) and juvenile at carcass, Texas

Alan Murphy/ BIA / Northern Caracara (Caracara cheriway) juvenile spreading wings, Texas

Nick Garbutt / Southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus) perched in forest canopy. Pousada Araras, Northern Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Alan Murphy/ BIA / Northern Caracara (Caracara cheriway) and prickly pear cactus, Texas

Alan Murphy/ BIA / Northern Caracara (Caracara cheriway) pair fighting, Texas

Nate Chappell/ BIA / Northern Caracara (Caracara cheriway) flying, Texas

Jack Dykinga / Northern caracara (Northern caracara cheriway) taking off from Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) in flower, Tohono O'odam Reservation, Arizona, USA, May.

Jack Dykinga / Northern caracara (Northern caracara cheriway) flying away from Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) in flower, Tohono O'odam Reservation, Arizona, USA, May.

Jack Dykinga / Northern caracara (Northern caracara cheriway) taking off from Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) in flower, Tohono O'odam Reservation, Arizona, USA, May.

Rick Bowers/ BIA / Northern Caracara (Caracara cheriway), Texas