Golden Gate Raptor Observatory Photo Album Photos taken by Golden Gate Raptor Observatory volunteers, interns and friends

2004 Images

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Bald Eagle

©Joe Medley 2005


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©Joe Medley 2005


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©Joe Medley 2005


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Banding and Close-ups

Female American Kestrel
(Falco sparverius)

©Kendra Armer 2005

Crested Caracara
(Caracara plancus)


©Joe Medley 2005

GGRO Intern Joe Medley walked in the office yesterday (August 3, 2005) with a Crested Caracara on his digital camera. Joe said he'd photographed it above Stinson Beach the night before. Uh-huh, yeah, right, was my reaction. But he seemed earnest. About 12 noon that day HawkWatcher Cathy Bell ran into the office yelling: "CARACARA!" and dang, did the building empty fast. At least seven of us stood in the parking lot, binoculars at the ready. Five minutes. Ten minutes. No Caracara. Adrenaline waned. Cathy started filling out her Rare Bird Form, and then there was another yell - CARACARA! - this time it flew over Building 1064.

Outside, near the Headlands Institute campus, an adult Caracara (clear throat, barred upper breast, red face) flew out from a grassy hill in perfect view. Seven of us got a perfect view. It flew out over Rodeo Lagoon, then disappeared around a corner heading east. The interns monitored the bird moving around the east end of Rodeo Lagoon off and on for the next hour. The latest sighting was around 230 pm. No sightings today.

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Crested Caracara
(Caracara plancus)


©Joe Medley 2005

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Crested Caracara
(Caracara plancus)


©Joe Medley 2005

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