BIRDS: Kitundu Photography

Gopher's Demise

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]]>A juvenile Red-tailed Hawk dispatched a gopher.

Eye to Eye

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]]>A Great Egret with a 3-spined Stickleback in Golden Gate Park.

Kestrel Flare

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]]>Startled by a passing car, an American Kestrel finds its balance in Grizzly Island Park.

Meadowlark

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]]>A Meadowlark outpaces a jogger at Crissy Field.

Night Stare

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]]>A Great Blue Heron takes a break from fishing and peers up into the night sky.

Long-billed Curlew

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]]>In flight over Crissy Field.

Rare View

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]]>An adult Red-tailed Hawk carries a gopher past the cliffs of Sutro Heights park.

Anna's Hummingbird

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]]>A female feeding near Gualala, California.

Snowy Egret Anger

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]]>Displaying to a nearby rival who tried to invade a regular fishing spot.

Red-Shouldered Hawk

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]]>Relocating to a new hunting spot at the Palace of Fine Arts.

Great Blue Flash

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]]>A flash catches a Great Blue Heron gliding by at Crissy Field.

Pigeon Feast

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]]>A red-shouldered Hawk gets its fill of a newly killed pigeon near the Palace of Fine Arts.

Northern Harrier

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]]>A female Harrier photographed during a visit to a raptor research effort in the Marin Headlands.

Osprey with Dinner

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]]>Taken in late afternoon light at Bolinas Lagoon.

On the Mark

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]]>A young Redtail zeroes in on her landing.

In for the Kill

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]]>An adult male Red-tailed Hawk with a gopher in its sights.

Willet Run

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]]>Decelerating from a landing in Crissy Field Lagoon.

Kestrel Hovering

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]]>A male Kestrel hunts over Crissy Field.

Anna's Stretching

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]]>A Hummingbird warms up before flight in Alta Plaza Park.

Egret Landing

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]]>Touching down on the footbridge at Crissy Field.

Acorn Woodpecker

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]]>Gathering acorns along with 6 others at Motalvo Art Center in Saratoga, California.

Urban Hawk

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]]>Living in the city poses its own unique challenges.

Mute Swan

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]]>Preening at the Palace of Fine Arts.

Hawk and Road

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]]>A red-tailed Hawk stilling above a soon to be air-lifted gopher near Ocean Beach.

Green Heron

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]]>In flight over the UCSB lagoon in Santa Barbara.

Gopher in Tow

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]]>A Red-tailed hawk departs with a well gripped gopher.

Ghost

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]]>A Great Egret takes a night flight near the Berkeley Marina.

White-crowned Sparrow

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]]>In flight at Corona Heights Park in San Francisco.

Great Egret Fly-over

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]]>The clouds broke just in time for this shot af a Great Egret gliding overhead at Crissy Field.

Touchdown

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]]>A good vantage point for hunting gophers in the park.

Gopher Flight

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]]>Sailing on the strong breeze off the ocean, a Redtail pauses before vanishing over the trees with its catch.

Devoured

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]]>A gopher meets its end in the jaws of a Great Blue Heron.

Osprey

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]]>Launching into the air with a fish near Bolinas Lagoon.

Red Tail Feathers

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]]>Growing up - a young Redtail gets its first red retrices.

Leroy

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]]>The oddly named young Redtail leaps into a sky playing host to both the sun and moon.