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Patch: An Urban Red-tailed Hawk (3 of 4)

10,000 Birds

(Check out Part 1 here) (Check out Part 2 here) This hawk was a fierce hunter. I’ve seen young Red-tailed Hawk s who just don’t have the hang of it, counting on luck of good fortune to present them with a careless gopher or a rare easy meal. On this occasion Patch had secured a gopher and was dining on a streetlight.

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Everyday Sunshine: Great Blue Herons

10,000 Birds

They know the rhythms of gophers. As I’ve posted before they are efficient and merciless hunters. They know the rhythms of traffic. We have at least 3 nesting locations here in San Francisco and that number seems to be climbing slowly. Males can get into a dance battle if territories are threatened.