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Images of Hawk Hill
Early Season HawkWatchers
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©Susan Culliney 2004
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©Greg Gothard 2004
HawkWatch doesn't stop for lunch..but keep that peanut-butter and jelly sandwich out of the binos!
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©Greg Gothard 2004
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©Susan Culliney 2004
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©Susan Culliney 2004
The photo shows Anne fearlessly recording data whilst sitting amongst the numerous backpacks.
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©Susan Culliney 2004
The photo today was brought to you by Sunscreen, don't go HawkWatching without it. And...dare I say it?...Bring back the (high) fog and cold west wind!!!!
HawkWatch
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©Susan Culliney 2004
When the fog is in, sometimes the HawkWatch goes looking for Raptors along the Bobcat Trail. They don't always see Bobcats though. Sometimes it is a Coyote.
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©Susan Culliney 2004
Those foggy days do have Raptors after all ... like this Great Horned Owl.
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©Susan Culliney 2004
Another fog day sighting!
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©Susan Culliney 2004
More news from the fog!
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©Susan Culliney 2004
Jim Brulet, after going missing for a spell, reappeared on the hill,
unveiled a cantaloupe, and kindly distributed slices all over the hill.
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©Susan Culliney 2004
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©Susan Culliney 2004
On a Foggy day, brownies help ease the pain of not seeing Raptors.
Banding and Close-ups
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©Siobhan Ruck 2004
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©Siobhan Ruck 2004
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©Siobhan Ruck 2004
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©Siobhan Ruck 2004
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©Greg Gothard 2004
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©Siobhan Ruck 2004
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©Siobhan Ruck 2004
Merlins are a Peregrine Falcon's smaller relatives.
Male Cooper's Hawk - Female Sharp-shinned Hawk Comparison
The photo above shows a Male Cooper's Hawk (left) and a female Sharp-shinned Hawk (right). They are quite similar in size and can be difficult to identify if they are flying. In hand it is quite easy to see the differences.
This is a juvenile Broad-winged Hawk. It was found and taken to a Peninsula rehabilitation facility. After a month in the facility it was determined that it was ready to be released. GGRO interns picked up the bird and brought it to the Marin Headlands to be banded and released. Notice that there is no patagial mark.
Only Three Emarginated Primaries!
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Broad-winged Hawks have only three emarginated primaries. Red-tailed Hawks have four.
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Release of a Broad-winged Hawk
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Dark Morph juvenile Red-tailed Hawk
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Juvenile Harlan's Red-tailed Hawk
(Buteo jamaicensis harlani)
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Note the tail coloration. See the photo below.
GGRO Docent Programs
These Sharp-shinned Hawks were photographed at a Golden gate Raptor Observatory Banding Demo. The smaller male is on the right and the female is on the left.
Banding Demo Cooper's Hawk
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©Alexandra Forman 2004
GGRO Docent with a juvenile Cooper's Hawk at a GGRO Banding Demo.
Raptors (and others) in the Field
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Telemetrist on Hawk Hill in the fog looking for Plato..or maybe Quentin.
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Rachel, one of the 2004 GGRO interns, points to where Plato is perched. See him in the red square?
Peregrine Falcon at Coyote Hills Park
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©Alexandra Forman 2004
HawkWatcher Alexandra Forman took this digiscoped photo at Coyote Hills Park.
Contact the GGRO:
Mail:
Golden Gate Raptor Observatory
Building 201, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
Phone:
(415) 331-0730
E-mail address:
ggro@parksconservancy.org
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