A Great Blue Heron at the Palace of Fine Arts lagoon plays at nest building late in the season.

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Another perspective.

A Great Horned Owl at Rodeo Lagoon swooping up into a tree demonstrates extraordinary camouflage. Flying in front of this rock wall when the light is fading, they are nearly invisible.

At Sutro Baths, the resident male hunts from a streetlight in the calm warm evening air.

Over Alta Plaza Park, the young male screams while banking into the evening light, his symmetrical molt pattern clearly visible.

The Alta Plaza Odd Couple. They have stayed together, courted, gathered nest materials, but seem to be playing at being a couple since he (right) is a second-year bird, and she is likely a third-year. No nest or young ever materialized. Nonetheless they are rarely far from one another.

Taunted by ravens, the female voices her displeasure while evading the relentless corvids.

He too joins in the chorus filling the skies above the playground. As night fell they wandered off to hunt separately. The female would have better luck, missing one opportunity only to turn away and spot another gopher unaware of her sudden appearance.

But trying to eat with Scrub Jays around is apparently unsettling.

Even just surveying the park is tougher with an entourage.

Back in the Headlands a Coyote pounces on prey just off the main road.

Then it pursues a mountain biker who thought nothing of passing within three feet of it. The Coyote tried to bite his back tire but gave up after thirty feet..

Belated Owl Report: After the first chick fledged the second one left the nest and waited for nightfall under the protection of the parent.

The second young owl making its way up to the launching point.

The deer are getting more and more comfortable at close quarters.

Though some like the attention more than others.