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| Red-tailed Hawk Review (Part Three) Click on images to see larger versions | Posted: March 13, 2008 | | |
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Kiting above the Great Highway near Sutro Heights and Ocean Beach. |
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Ascending to a streetlight. |
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Moments before striking at a gopher. This time she missed. |
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A juvenile in flight on an overcast day. |
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Starting its dive from a streetlight. The eventual victim was a caterpillar. |
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Hunting until the last available light often means eating in the dark. |
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In flight showing symmetrical molt patterns. |
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Streetlights make good dining tables - although they do leave the hawks exposed. I've found that they stay very alert while eating in these open situations - and they tend to eat more quickly too. |
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Swooping up to scan the park from a streetlight. Alta Plaza Park's terraced edges make it easy to scan an entire hillside from a low vantage point. |
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Departing from a fence near Woodbridge Road. Across the street were Sandhill Cranes and Tundra Swans. |
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As sun sets this hawk relaxes with an outstretched leg. Stay tuned for part 4, the last installment of this series. |
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Copyright Notice - All images ©2007 Walter Kitundu, San Francisco, California.
It is unlawful to reproduce or distribute these images via any medium, digital or physical,without the express consent of the artist/photographer.