Looking for food

Looking for food

This carancho is looking for food between the antennas of the ALMA observatory.

The southern crested caracara, also known as the southern caracara or carancho, is a bird of prey and a common sight in all open plains in the Atacama Desert.

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S. Otarola/ESO

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Type:Photographic
Release date:27 November 2014, 12:28
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Category:ALMA

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