February 23, 2020

Location: Brevard Zoo, captive

I am a Crested Caracara
My feathers are brown and the color of pearls.
While I'm reclining to get some mites off my wings
You can draw me like one of your French girls

Sources: Feather mites may help clean birds' plumage, study shows

Photo and text © 2020 Dee Fairbanks Simpson