Chasing the Yellow-Headed Caracara in Los Angeles

[@leroyax1800]

Awesome vid man⭐✨ 🇺🇲 Harmony Respect Nature Love Blessings Mindfulness 👑🇸🇷✨ Suriname Caracara 🤠💯

[@Robirda]

Parking lot lifers are some of the happiest lifers, especially if lunch is part of the experience.

[@adravi12]

Fellow young birder here from SoCal! Awesome bird and an excellent video! Luckily I got to see it too (US lifer, I saw them in Costa Rica too)! As this is a mega rarity with uncertainty about how it got here, the video could be even better than it already is by explaining its potential route here. The leading theory is that the bird was ship assisted, as it was seen on a couple occasions at Cabrillo Beach in San Pedro, awfully close to the LA Harbor in Long Beach, one of the busiest, if not the busiest, port on the US west coast. The location of this bird is similar in proximity to the Snowy Owl in LA and Orange counties during the winter of 22-23 (The initial iNaturalist post in San Pedro neighborhood in late November was questioned because the owl was never found, but it was later discovered in Cypress in the opposite direction of the harbor in late December, a bird that got way more attention from the media and local news channels. If only this one did too...). I would not be surprised at all if you already knew this, I just believe it would be an excellent idea to add this sort of information to further enhance your videos. I truly appreciate the work you're doing in bringing the world of birding to the Internet; I wish I had the time and patience to create the content you are making. Hopefully I'll be able to make at least one video someday. Thanks Chris!

[@BirdingwithChris]

Wow thanks for all the background information. I had no clue about all the history behind it! I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge with me and the viewers! If you are in SoCal maybe we can go birding sometime!

[@chrishenry6202]

Great close up photos!!

[@KvichakSmith]

Great find. Super bird!

[@kafuji218]

That's quite a sighting! Amazing, congratulations on your well earned capture!

[@BirdingwithChris]

Haha! Thanks! It was great birding with you in this area!

[@seolylee]

I saw this bird at the Popeyes parking lot back in May! Glad it’s still alive and doing well. Thx for sharing!

[@BirdingwithChris]

That’s great that you saw this bird! Its behavior is so unique!

[@LadyYoop]

Is that bird related to Eagles? It's got "the look"....you are a bird magnet...I love this so much!!

[@BirdingwithChris]

Thanks Lady Yoop! The Yellow Headed Caracara is a falcon. Thanks for tuning in to all my videos!

[@bopyranks]

Congrats on the lifer! I got my lifer yellow headed caracara, along with a red throated caracara, in South America. Really want to see a crested caracara back in the states.

[@BirdingwithChris]

Wow that’s awesome! Red throated caracara is a dream bird to see!

[@chrishenry6202]

Glad you stuck with it! Found him😮

[@BirdingwithChris]

Yessir! Got the bird!

[@jeanetteduerksen3717]

Very cool Chris!!! I enjoy your channel so much!

[@BirdingwithChris]

I appreciate that! Thanks for tuning in!

[@RCSVirginia]

Good call, guy, to have lunch at Popeye's: It's fried chicken, especially the spicy kind, is delicious. I'm glad the Yellow-Headed Caracara was not on the menu there. 'Tis hard to blame the workers for feeding a stray raptor that is so far from home. Most kind people would do the same.

[@BirdingwithChris]

Haha! Glad it wasn’t on the menu too, I love the spicy chicken! Thanks for watching

[@brighteyedbirding]

Oh WOW Chris! 1st, congrats on 1k subs! You deserve it! 2nd, I was just in LA County a week ago hahaha. I wonder if that bird was still hanging around. I had no idea it was there! Great video as always!

[@BirdingwithChris]

Hey Jordan! Thanks so much for the congrats! You have inspired me to keep grinding to 1k subs!

[@1972vulture]

Good video. Good channel. Subscribed. Thank you.

[@BirdingwithChris]

Thanks for the sub!

[@TrailStrider909]

Another great video Chris! Just love it!!

[@BirdingwithChris]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@TrailStrider909]

@@BirdingwithChris 💯💯❤️❤️

[@Thundermanti]

Awesome! I'm hoping to go for that bird next weekend when I visit the area!

[@BirdingwithChris]

Let’s goooo! Did you see it?

[@Thundermanti]

@@BirdingwithChris Yes!! It flew in right after we got done talking with one of the workers! Also ended up seeing the Wagtail right before we left for the airport!! Solid and successful Cali trip!

[@kristintallis4493]

Congrats Chris! Great find!

[@PossiblyAHuman-d5j]

bro needs to drop that 1k special 🔥

[@BirdingwithChris]

This is the special 🔥🔥🔥