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| Red-tailed Hawks Circling Above the Bison Paddock (Composite image.) |
I guess the 2025 California fire season has already begun, at least around Los Angeles. Pretty crazy to see such horrible wildfires in January, and early January to boot. Lying in bed last night, windows rattling in the wind, I went over my own emergency bail-out plans before falling asleep. I hate to think what would happen downwind of any wildfire sparked in the dense eucalyptus groves of Mt. Sutro.
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| I've been seeing pairs of red-tails circling and screeching together recently, sometimes with at least one of them dangling their yellow legs, talons outstretched. I have yet to get my camera out in time to catch them though. |
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| I've been enjoying the weather by sitting out back for a while to relax after my walk and bike ride. Today I heard pecking in my neighbor's oak tree and went to investigate. A pair of ravens were the only critters in the tree. |
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| One flew away as soon as it saw me, but the other one gave me a scolding before it, too, flew away (but not very far; they were both back soon after I left). |
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