Two Crested Caracaras (Caracara cheriway) a mature adult (top) and a juvinile (bottom) soar above the Laguna Seca Ranch near Edinburg Texas. The Crested Caracara looks like a hawk with its sharp beak and talons, behaves like a vulture, and is technically a large tropical black-and-white falcon. It is instantly recognizable standing tall on long yellow-orange legs with a sharp black cap set against a white neck and yellow-orange face. The Crested Caracara is a bird of open country and reaches on