Daily Bird: Crested Caracara

I want to try something slightly different with my blog.  Rather than post about full trips, I'd like to transition to a new format that I'm going to call The Daily Bird.  What I'll do is post a quick paragraph about a bird, where I saw it and include the best picture I have.  So, without further ado:

Today's bird is the Crested Caracara, one of my favorite South Texas birds.  It's a bird of prey, with a face only a mother could love. This guy's on a telephone pole (duh) in south Mission somewhere along the Military Road between Conway and Shary Roads. I took this picture in the late afternoon of February 21, 2012.