Ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone to birding@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoCrested Caracara / Carancho (Caracara plancus) - Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires, Argentina - December 2023lemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up132arrow-down1imageCrested Caracara / Carancho (Caracara plancus) - Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires, Argentina - December 2023lemmy.blahaj.zoneAda@lemmy.blahaj.zone to birding@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square4fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squareAda@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoIt was actually being harassed by a smaller bird that was driving it further and further down that branch until eventually it flew off. The wings were to help it keep balance whilst it kept shuffling further down :)
minus-squarestreetfestival@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoInteresting! Sounds like mobbing from the smaller bird perhaps. I wonder if the caracara’s wings could’ve also been about “See? I’m big - F#$% off” ;P (ie, attempted intimidation, but it sounds less fun phrased that way)
minus-squareAda@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoIf it was mobbing, it was a mob of 1. But either way, it worked :)
It was actually being harassed by a smaller bird that was driving it further and further down that branch until eventually it flew off.
The wings were to help it keep balance whilst it kept shuffling further down :)
Interesting! Sounds like mobbing from the smaller bird perhaps. I wonder if the caracara’s wings could’ve also been about “See? I’m big - F#$% off” ;P (ie, attempted intimidation, but it sounds less fun phrased that way)
If it was mobbing, it was a mob of 1. But either way, it worked :)