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| Red-shouldered Hawk Near North Lake |
I saw two more pairs of hawks sort of hanging out together today, just a day after catching Bando and a pal perched on the same streetlight down by the beach. One pair was red-tails near Elk Glen Lake. The other was a pair of red-shouldered hawks near North Lake. Although Bando and pal appeared to be different ages, I couldn't say the same for the two pairs I saw today.
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| A day after the rain, a slime mold (Fuligo septica) sees its chance to sporulate in mulch beneath a pine tree on the Sunset Parkway. |
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| Limb-dancing Red-tail |
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| Skulking Red-tail |
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| Ruffled Red-tail |
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| Red-shouldered Hawk |
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| Red-shouldered Hawk Leaping to a New Perch |
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| Yesterday it was all whimbrels down on the beach, where today I saw none. This willet was all by itself below the Cliff House. |
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| A lone wandering tattler was hunting on the beach between waves. |
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| This is super-cropped, but you can just make out a couple of stone-colored black oystercatcher eggs on its cliffside "nest" on Seal Rocks. |
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| Mating Pair of Black Oystercatchers |
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| This is the one that was off the nest in the previous shot. It briefly poked around for a bite to eat near shore, then flew back and replaced the other bird on the nest. |
Video clips of wandering tattler and black oystercatcher.
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| After seeing great blue herons hunting almost every day for a recent, brief period of time, it's now been quite a while since I've seen one. Their youngsters must be hungrier than ever, yet the adults appear to have become more secretive about hunting. |
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| A red-shouldered hawk feather was on the ground at Blue Heron Lake. |
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