I spent a nice few days on a friends ranch just south of San Antonio, TX. One of the ranch hands who was a hunter had shot a wild boar/hog and allowed me to have it to use to attrach birds of pray.
The first thing I did was to find a location that had a nice distant background and clear horizon, allowing the sunrise to hit the set up. I dragged some limbs from the nearby woods to set up over the hog.
Once I did that I set up my doghouse blind and left it all there for a day.

It did not take long before I had many Crested Caracaras and Black Vultures feeding on the carcass.

With all the commotion going on with the feeding frenzy, it was the sub-adult Caracara that was the dominant one. He would try to fight off all the other birds coming in to feed.

While there were many birds feeding, some of the birds would stage on the perches I had set up.

I also managed to get a few flight shots.

In a couple of months I’m going back again when all the wild flowers are blooming and the Texas Hill Country is in all it’s glory. I’m sure I will be in Hog heaven again.

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