Hawkalyptus Watchimus.
Or something like that.
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This is why I like carrying around a camera with optical zoom. Good luck spotting the hawk in the third photo.
I saw two hawks circling off in the distance to the northeast, then they chased a few crows toward and past me. Sadly I couldn't catch a picture as they passed above. But a few minutes later I saw these two hawks – probably the same ones – circling in the distance to the southwest. I've seen both Red-Tailed Hawks and Cooper's Hawks in the area, but I think these look more like red-tailed hawks.
This hawk was riding the updraft above the coastal bluffs.
Three smaller birds tried to chase away a pair of hawks from an electrical tower. One of them flew off while they chased it. The other waited a bit, then flew off to join the first one circling farther away.
Probably a Cooper’s Hawk, also spotted on the same walk this afternoon. It flew up to a telephone pole, alighted there for a few seconds, and as I was trying to line up a shot with the camera, it took off again, then flew a few houses down the street to perch in this tree.
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This weekend, try to observe as many wild plants and animals in your neighborhood as you can, especially in urban areas.
Here are some #birds I spotted on a late afternoon walk today, including a sparrow, one of many many finches, two doves, and what I think might be two blackbirds (yes, including the gray one).
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Eurasian Collared-Dove (on post) on iNaturalist
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Brewer’s Blackbird (on post) on iNaturalist
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A Black Phoebe on the edge of the bike path not too far from the hawks in the previous picture. (Same walk.) I guess they were looking for something else to eat.
Two (probably red-tailed) hawks spotted on an electrical tower, one looking north, one looking east. I often see one perched up there, watching for prey, but rarely two!
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I don’t usually see *two* hawks on this tower!