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| Bando the Red-tailed Hawk & (Assumed) Sibling, Balboa Natural Area |
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| After a morning of rain and clouds, the sun finally came back out. I watched it light up the Seal Rock that's farthest out first. I could imagine the pelicans and gulls and cormorants feeling relief at the warmth. Soon enough, even the Cliff House was in full sun. |
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| The tail end of the storm looked interesting as it blew inland. |
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| Meanwhile, just down the road at the Balboa Natural Area, Bando had just made an unsuccessful pounce on something in the dunes and soon took wing, using the strong wind to lift off. |
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| After getting airborne he circled the dune area a couple of times before returning to a hunting perch on top of a streetlight pole. |
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| Bando's sibling, meanwhile, was being accosted by ravens on a different streetlight. |
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| The hawk finally said to heck with it and flew off the pole. One of the ravens immediate grabbed that dangling bit of carcass and took it away in its beak. I wondered if the stringy stuff was leftovers from the yesterday's road-killed gull (of which there was no longer any sign on the road). |
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| The sibling also wheeled in circles over the dune area a couple of times, then took off to the south. I didn't see Bando around anymore either. |
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| Then, just as I was leaving I noticed both hawks had landed on the same light post, apparently finishing the last tidbits of prey (or carrion). |
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