Crested CaracaraThe Crested Caracara looks like a hawk with its sharp beak and talons, behaves like a vulture, and is technically a large tropical black and white falcon. It is instantly recognizable standing tall on long yellow orange legs with a sharp black cap set against a white neck and yellow orange face. The Crested Caracara is a bird of open country and reaches only a few states in the southern U. S. It flies low on flat wings, and routinely walks on the