1. It looked as if the caracara would polish off the duck; but our boat drifting nearer made it nervous.

2. Another caracara, the crested, also nests on Sea-lion but is nowhere near as tame and confiding as the Johnny rook.

3. A crested caracara surveys a valley on Madre de Dios Island in Chilean Patagonia.

4. The caracara, a somewhat lethargic bird, passes much of the day on the ground of the open country it inhabits .

5. This is also the place to enjoy the most ridiculously tame bird of prey you have ever seen, the striated caracara.

6. Although it a member of the falcon family, the caracara looks little like a true falcon.

7. Although it is a member of the falcon family, the caracara looks little like a true falcon.