He eye socket is indeed empty. Herb Houghton from NJ showed my a picture today where the empty socket was evident. Herb also states that he took a photo of the bird head on that shows the convex shape of the birds right eye and a concave area where the left eye should be. He has a photo web site and can be reached through it. Googling his name will get you there.
Curt McDermott Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 15, 2015, at 4:07 PM, "Dominic Garcia-Hall" <dominic.h...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Interesting that it's the left eye. It could be a factor in explaining why > this bird is so far from home, although perception of magnetic polarity in > most avian species that have been researched is connected to the right eye > (and left brain hemisphere), I believe.... > > Dominic > > www.aventuraargentina.com > > www.antbirder.blogspot.com > > + 1 646 429 2667 > >> On 15 April 2015 at 12:23, J GLUTH <jgl...@optonline.net> wrote: >> I haven't been able to get up to Orange County to see the caracara in person >> yet, but taking a closer look at some of the better photos embedded in eBird >> checklists does indeed show what looks to be an empty socket where the >> bird's left eye should be: >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/129581436@N08/16951830230/sizes/o/ >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/paulbourdin/16501112444/sizes/o/ >> >> John Gluth >> Suffolk County >> >> -- >> >> NYSbirds-L List Info: >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm >> >> ARCHIVES: >> 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html >> 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L >> 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html >> >> Please submit your observations to eBird: >> http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ >> >> -- > > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
