Meet The Birds | Kevin the Crested Caracara 

You are such a good presenter, very intelligent and endearing.

"it's like having such a strange dog" XD. She is adorable.

That colour changing beak is wild!! Beautiful bird!!

I kinda feel proud THIS is the national bird of my home country, such an amazing and beautiful bird

Kevin is coool, but my dear lady... I JUST CANT GET MY EYES OFF YOUR T-SHIRT! You are coool, cheers!

Nothing like taking your falcon out for a walk! :-) Awesome presentation as usual !!

In Argentina we call them Carancho and they usually grow waaaay bigger than Kevin (at least in Patagonia) and they're really cute birds, not really afraid of humans for what I've seen

Although I'm not really into birds, your videos are amazing! Your talking is so concise and keeps me interested while the footage of the birds are high quality. Thank you for your work!

I am a Texan who moved to Florida, and was shocked to find they exist here too! Made me so happy! My mother used to say they wear a backwards cap like a teenager. I also love when they do the "head throwback". I learned a lot from your video. I love your relationship with all birds. You are a hero of mine!

She is such a beautiful creature. WOW!

What a majestic bird, Kevin is 😮😍👌

I've been rescuing, rehabilitating, and rehoming roosters for over a decade. Kevin looks so bonded with you- like she's anticipating the entire world through you, and trusts that how you're reacting is how she should react. I really appreciate that you've shared your knowledge with us, and your gorgeous birds. I am an artist, and your turn-around of Kevin near the beginning of the video is absolutely invaluable to noting some of the major details I may otherwise have missed. I actually came here after scribbling a fantasy bird for Draw a Bird Day, which I realized came out looking VERY much like a Caracara. In looking for a Caracara to send to my aunt, to give her a reference of what I thought my bird turned into, I found this video! Your joy and enthusiasm in sharing these wonderful and unique creatures is much appreciated. I grew up with a rescuing family, and many of my boys wouldn't have brought me the joy they have if someone didn't first abandon them. As a rescuer, whether your birds were surrenders or not, it makes me VERY happy to see a happy bird with their person, and even happier to hear their person speak about them as a feeling, intelligent bird. Kevin is amazing, and a true ambassador of her species. I wish a full, healthy, and happy life for her! And, of course- you, as there are far too few humans able or willing to take on the roles these animals need. Captive-bred, rescued, or however you've obtained your birds- it's obvious you're well-educated about them, and take wonderful care of them (Kevin's chin is SO FLOOFY!!), which is what matters in my book. I hope you're able to provide an enriching environment for these critters for a long while, yet!

I had the pleasure to care for an old crested caracara many years ago. No longer able to fly he loved to go for walks and was such a silly ol sweetheart. Thanks for these videos, not often I hear about these birds

Ever since I found the video about Fable, I’ve been obsessed with this channel lol

So are barn owls those that sound like “who cooks for you, who cools for you all”. You are magnificent and you care for the birds is inspiring and a joy to watch. Glad you’re there for those glorious birds.

I was thinking that you named her after the movie “Up” 😅

You talk with such passion about your birdies, its so much fun to watch you. I learn a lot from your little talks. And yes, that dachshund-T is cute : )

Stunning animal, in every respect. I can all but hear her thinking "That flying malarky is for the birds!"

They are very common here in the south of Brazil, you can usually see them in open prairies, sometimes sitting on top of cattle or on the ground, they also fish at marsh areas alot. Oh we call them Carcará, similar name, but the pronunciation is quite different.

Adorable, beautiful, intelligent bird.😍😍😍

The velociraptor analogy is funny and kinda why I find it interesting

I love the way in which you photograph these birds. Your love for them shows in your videos.

Beautiful bird! And look at how expressive and alert she is. No picking for fingers, eyes, anything. Amazing how cool you are around her. I really enjoy these videos as I learn so much and you really get across how fascinating birds of prey are. Can't tell you enough how big the smile on my face is, while watching. One thing the caracara seems to have in common with our common buzzard (buteo buteo) is their opportunistic feeding. Buzzards have a tendency to flock together around motorways here in the Netherlands, looking for hedgehogs and rabbits that accidentally have been overrun by a car. I'm not certain wether the common buzzard is as prolific in Britain as well and if you can use buzzards for falconry, but if so and you could do a video on them sometime, that would be golden. I really love that bird with its gracious flight. They are masters of using thermals for staying up there for hours, almost without using their wings. Ah welll, I'll stop before I get raving on... Thanks again for another great video!

Quite a striking looking mexican velociraptor! Birds necks are amazing can't believe she can flip her head back onto hee back like that

I smiled the whole length of this vlog, watching Kevin..... she's awesome....and certainly a Star !

Wow, as Fable might say. Another fascinating video! Thank you for introducing the versatile, adaptable, and ground running Kevin to us. Coolness personified or ... er... birdified.

What a great bird. I've never seen one that I'm aware of. Thanks!

Kevin is such a unique bird--a combination of raptors! She's gorgeous--love the flat top and her feathers. She's so funny--running all over the place. Oh, and I want to thank you for sharing your story about becoming a falconer in yesterday's introductory video.

Although I am not a falconer, nor will I probably ever be, I find your videos so interesting and informative, that I might look into at least visiting one just to watch this amazing cooperation between humans and our winged friends! In the event of the end of the world scenario (saying I am a survivor), I will at least have a clue on how to work with a bird to find our own food- lol, that's my crazy thinking during this covid-19 quarantine! Probably I watch too many sci-fi movies! Hope you and your birds are staying safe and well!

Thanks so much for the "show and tell" of Kevin. She is such a beauty!

Thank you for being such a delight to watch and listen to,.... With all of your information, insights, and classy subjects I've come to truly enjoy your channel!

Thanks for the intro to Kevin! I was not previously familiar with this breed. I hope you will continue the introductions to all members of your flock. Love the channel!

Even though I have saved caracaras in my Pinterest, I've never really looked them up. I always thought they were possibly in the vulture family. You cleared that up. LOL. Really enjoyed watching her❣

I love seeing these beautiful falcons sitting atop fence posts and hanging around with black vultures. They’re probably one of my favorite birds in rural florida, definitely up there with the swallow tailed kite.

Kevin is a stunning lady! She's like a mix of the best bits of different raptors.

Thanks for showing Kevin up, She's amazing! I'm from Mexico and Caracaras are my favorite birds. It's nice to see them living abroad!

I live on the Brazilian Northeast shore and we have looooooots of this birds here. We call them "carcará" and they are a symbol of the rough life on the driest areas of the Northeast (Sertão). If you search "Carcará" here on youtube, you'll find a somewhat scary song sang by Maria Bethânia about them as a metaphor for those who prey on the weak on Sertão. Anyway, although they are not exactly related to good things, I always loved to watch them fly around and hunt, and was so happy to learn more about them here! It was almost like finding out my neighbor is someone really important or famous, hahahahahah! Thank you for the video. Your channel is brilliant!

What a beautiful bird!! Nothing makes me smile more than our local magpies that run along. It's very cute!

OMG, I love your T-shirt!

I was exploring some remote ruins in Mexico once. I was miles off in the desert by myself and one of these birds silently rose right in front of me on a cliff. It was one of the most magical times of my life. Thanks Amy! How many freakin' birds do you have?!

She is like a Terror Bird, running around like that. Beautiful bird.

That video by the end when she walks with you definitely proves that she is indeed a strange dog

I have always loved birds of prey... RAVENS, PEREGRINE FALCONS and I also love owls and crows. May I say that you are an amazing presenter, and the relationship you share with your birds is just beautiful. Thank you for sharing your knowledge 💜

It's crazy to see a common Texas bird in the UK, I just recently found your channel, great work you do!

This channel is a joy. Thank you for sharing! I can't wait to become a falconer one day.

Yay! I love Kevin!🥰🥰🥰

Thanks for your videos! I've never heard of the Crested Caracara mentioned as the National Bird of Mexico. The national seal has a Golden Eagle perched on a nopal cactus with a rattlesnake in its beak. This is from the legend of the founding of Tenochtitlan, site of Mexico City. The Crested Caracaras soar over my ranch with vultures. Zoncuantla, Veracruz, Mexico.

Kevin is awesome! It's incredible that you are working with so many living dinosaurs on a quotidian basis. Keep up the good work!

my husband and I LOVE watching your videos on all of these sweet and beautiful birds! Beauties of nature! I LOVE animals and a growing love of birds also!

Falconry And Me, Fantastic to see. I have been to The South Atlantic, namely The Falkland Islands twice; in 1997 and 2000. They are hilarious fun in the wild. Not afraid of anything even humans at Mount Pleasant Airfield. Plenty of peoples berets and sandwich packs stolen by said birds. Bold and beautiful and very very brave; just like the turkey vultures. Many thanks for posting this video.

I just wanted to say how much I enjoy and appreciate your talks. I was fascinated by animal behavior at a young age and read books by people like Conrad Lorenz. I'm a Brit living in the USA and in my backyard we have another reptilian looking bird, the Pileated Woodpecker, they reminds me of Velociraptors. We live near one of the major flyways for migrating birds, So lots of Osprey, Bald and Golden Eagles, Hawks, Falcons, Kestrels, and Owls. You are a wonderful teacher and I have become a huge fan.

What a great bird, thank you for showing us!

Her name is KEVIN. Like, gender aside. Badass bird of prey named KEVIN 😂

Hello! I'm from Mexico, even I didn't know that the Crested Caracara is our national bird. I thinks there's a lot of confusion because there's no official statement that says that Golden Eagle is our national bird (which many mexicans believe), really interesting information you have! Here we call it "Caracara Quebrantahuesos" which stands for "Caracara Bonebreaker" haha even tho we know it's more into the scavenge strategy. Greetings from Mexico! PD. Kevin is so adorable! I love her!

After the Jurassic Park/World movies, I'm pretty sure most of us know what a velociraptor is and, you're right, Kevin looks just like one of those little darlings when she runs. Fascinating video, as always. BTW, I love the orange on Keven because Cara Cara oranges are my favorite! :)

I’d love to see a video on what her different beak colors mean, as well as what that little chatter means! Such a beautiful and unique bird!

How well do your different birds respond to their names? Your videos are going to be superb for all time.

Is it 5am where I live? Yes. Am I meeting Kevin? Also yes.

It's like a new world Secretary Bird.

Beautiful bird❤️🇺🇸🇸🇻

I absolutely love your channel! I really enjoy meeting all the birds and hearing you educate us on them. Your passion shows in every video. I can’t wait to meet the next one! Tell Fable “boop boop” from Florida!

My first thought watching Kevin on the ground was Velociraptor! Looking at the beautiful varieties of feather colors and camouflage in modern birds, I imagine some of bird ancestors must have been incredible! We live near by the Cahaba River in Alabama in a suburb that is on top of a giant iron ore mountain. We have all kinds of birds that visit our different feeders and we host blue bird houses each year. Lately a Red Shouldered Hawk has begin visiting our yard to hunt the field mice, voles, chipmunks and other critters eating from our feeders. Earlier in the spring, I watched her flight path and saw he nest high up in the trees. After watching her nest with binoculars for a while I was able to see two fledglings. We also have Eastern Cottontail rabbits visiting our feeders for seed scattered on the ground. My retired racing greyhound has no idea he is supposed to chase them. He actually ignores them and just relaxes on his bed in the sun.

Kevin is wonderful. I learn so much from you in such a short space of time because you give straight information that is interesting and very well put across. There is no waffle or anything I'm not interested to hear, just straight up interesting info about your birds. Even the fun stories are fun and informative. And I do love your style, I'm inspired to put my dungarees on today, not that what you wear matters at all💜

Just beautiful.

man, there are people out there living such interesting lives

Completely forgot how I came across this channel but I'm so glad I did.

Yet another amazing video - you are amazing and you have such great camera presence - thanks for these vids!

Ms. Kevin is a beautiful Crested Caracara!! Watching her walk with you... pretty cool!!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!! Enjoyable to watch & learn!! Ty!!

Kevin is stunning! She is a beauty! Love the changing colors! Thanks for all the great footage and info ur giving us! I'm really enjoying your videos and I could listen to you all day! You have the perfect speaking voice

I worked with a Crested at a zoo in Texas. Sarek would vocalize a lot when he was on the glove, but he never tried to foot anyone. They are magnificent birds!

We live in south Florida and are fortunate to see these beautiful birds in the wild. They do not seem common near the coast, but appear to prefer the open agricultural areas inland. They are distinctive for all the reasons you’ve mentioned and stand out not only because of their appearance, but also their behavior. I’ve rarely seen one more than 5 or 6 feet above the ground. Like our Bald Eagles, they do not hesitate to belie their regal appearance by tucking into a nice meal of carrion. They hold their own pretty well against the much larger vultures who normally do not tolerate competition.

What an interesting and pretty bird. And, as a Dachshund mom, I love your top!

Actually, the official nacional bird of México is the Golden Eagle, as shown in our coat of arms, flag and coins, as stated in the Constitution, its shows standing over a prickly pear cactus on a lake devouring a snake, this representation comes from the Mexica (aztec) leyend of the founding of the great Tenochtitlán (México City), that was the mark of where they should settle. BUT, hear me out, there is a lot of doubt about the details of the legend. Because mexicas were mostly wipped out (they were warriors after all) and survivors had to abandon their traditions and turn to catholicism this information was know through translating mexica codex, there had been many mistranslations of the legend and experts believe the bird the mexicas found was not an eagle but a Caracara (we call them Quebrantahuesos 'bone breakers' or Caranchos) because Caracaras are found in many places here and Golden eagles are only present from the Bajio to the North and due to some physical characteristics found in steles and drawings. Regardless thanks for showing Kevin to us!, i have seen this falcons before but knew almost nothing about them, they are amazing and damn those eyelashes! And really funny to see them walk. Plus you dressed super cute today. I apologize if my english is not quite clear, greetings from México!.

40 years?! That’s an extraordinary lifespan for any bird I’ve heard of

You're so good at this! I've just discovered your channel, now I watch it first each night. Impressive professional job with the video production as well. Just love it.

"Her name is Kevin", along with the reason, perfect!

Hi , recently found your channel and my daughter and I love it. We love learning about your birds. Thanks

What natural beauty she gets...........amazing beauty.

Kevin is stunning! Thanks for sharing her with us

I love your comparisons between birds and other animals in terms of their character or intelligence. Very interesting!

The Caracara is a cool bird 💙 Like the Caracara/Velociraptor comparison. Velociraptors are one of my favourite dinosaurs.

When you see a Crested CaraCara with a group of vultures, at a "roadkill scene": The vultures will ALL stand back and patiently wait as the "coroner" CaraCara does his/her work and takes the first select samples of the carcass. When the CaraCara backs away from the carcass and departs, the vultures will then start their feast as the "undertakers". I see this daily along the roads here in Hendry County in Florida. There are MANY of these here - and I have even seen full families of them together. Such an interestesting character these birds have. You can drive up, and roll down your window and they look at you like "whatcha lookin at????!" - very badass they are... :) The "boss" of the vultures. I love them.

Thanks for that. Not a bird I’m familiar with so great to learn about Kevin and her fellow Caracaras. Isn’t it funny how sometimes you look at a bird and suddenly the line back to therapods is very, VERY clear indeed. Like when you see a flock of chickens after a mouse.

I really enjoyed your video. I just stumbled upon it, but have joined your group, based on the video and complementary comments of others. I grew up in South Texas around Corpus Christi. My parents farm was on the migratory path of many bird species. One day I was lucky enough to witness 2 unique events. We lived on the back bay as we called it. We have relatively high bluffs. I watched as a group of about 20 hawks used the thermals from the bluff to form a cauldron. They first gathered together in a group, then started circling, barely a flap of wing. They circled higher and higher till they were completely out of sight. About an hour later I noticed a high group of buzzards gathering in our trees. I began to worry if some livestock had died. Then all of a sudden approximately 50 buzzards kept into the air and repeated what the hawks had done. Those huge birds, circling up into the sky till out of sight! I felt lucky to have seen both.

Thank you for helping me get through this very boring time. At 72 I doubt I will take up falconry but, who knew, how very interesting I find this. I know you are not getting much sleep at this time , but I am enjoying the older videos you have made. Feeding the little owls is a joy. Take care.

You can see these guys all the time by the side of the highways, looking around for food. Very interesting birds 😊

these videos are so relaxing, it’s like a david attenborough nature documentary

Kevin! I knew about striated caracara, this is a new species to me! Thanks for the knowledge!

Beautiful bird Amy! Didn't even know that Mexico had a national bird? Now I know.....Thanks....👍👍

In the wild (or I guess in general) these birds are fascinating to me. When driving through the Myakka state forest in Florida, you see them occasionally, usually bullying vultures for their food, or purched on a fence. There's nothing else I've seen around here anything like them, they immediately draw you in.

I've seen two in the wild. The first was while driving Alligator Alley in Florida, It was in a field on the south side of the road. I had never seen one before that and couldn't wait to ID it. It was impressive. The next was years later while riding motorcycle in Texas. While not far from where I lived I spotted one about halfway across a pasture. Every time I rode through there I always kept an eye open but never saw it again. Beautiful birds that leave a lasting memory. Thanks for your video.

Hi Amy, great video! I'm stuck in lock down in Boston but it's so refreshing being able to enjoy the beauty of nature through your videos. Boop boop

Omg I love your sausage dog shirt

Beautiful Kevin! My daughter and I had the great fortune of seeing one in the wild, all the way up in Northern California, about 20 miles south of Oregon! It was hanging around with a Raven and munching on carrion on the side of the road. I glanced over and immediately knew it was not a native species in the area. Looked it up, found out it was a Caracara and that it was a long way from home. This individual is actually noted on the Wikipedia page. Not sure if it's still around (this was 10+ years ago) but that was super exciting for an amateur bird nerd 💗

Loved watching her change colors!

Not sure how your videos got in my recommended list but I'm glad they did. My youngest daughter lives in Canada and she is into birds so I send her your videos.Thank you!

Such a cool birds! A bird you can take for a walk 🥰 I have learned soooo much from your channel! Thank you 😊

Kevin is really beautiful! We have a similar ‘issue’ with our adopted 13 year old blue and bald (gold) macaw, her name is Nelson and she felt comfortable enough to lay us a few eggs.

She is beautiful, thanks for the info.

An excellent presentations, Amy!👍