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                                               CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE APRIL 2026 Northern Harrier male Eastern CC County Updated springtime Bay Area photographs with recent looks. Featuring raptors and other mammals in the Bay Area. The swainson hawks are back in Eastern and Central California, and I have been waiting for them! First sighting on March 14 th 2026. Bobcats hunting in Alameda County, and a red shoulder hawk under attack by an intruder…  White bobcat on the hunt in Alameda foothills... Swainson hawks returning, this one in Eastern CC County... Another young Jack rabbit, last few years good populations in the CA Delta Eastern CC County... Male Northern Harrier, a gray ghost along the fenceline. Byron area of Eastern CC County Red tailed hawk in early morning hard light, Eastern CC County... Anna's hummingbird in Oakley CA... Golden Eagle on a corral gate...
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                                                 CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE MARCH 2026          Continuing recent looks at wildlife in our Bay Area, as I looked closely at Kestrels last month, I am dialing in on red tail hawks this time around. The color variations with the redtail hawks can be interesting. From the Delta, to Southern and Eastern Contra Costa County. More info in the text of individual photographs. Weather warming, decent rainfall, spring coming! Mostly snow geese, a few White fronted geese, Eastern CC County Delta... Western Coyote near Byron Eastern CC County... Red tailed hawk Eastern CCCounty Another portrait from a different angle of last months bobcat, N/S Los Vaqueros property near Camino Diablo... Dark morph red...
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                                                  CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE FEBRUARY 2026    California Towhee in Oakley CA               More wildlife views from Alameda County and Contra Costa County. Winter and fall have become a favorite time of year. Nothing beats a crystal-clear cold morning in a favorite wilderness area.  There is a variety of wild animals easily viewed in our incredible state. It requires one to take a cruise and get away from the city madness to a wildlife setting of your choice. It doesn’t have to be a long ride; it can be anywhere. A hiking trail along a creek, A city or regional park, A remote road away from the city, or a National Park. California is the most biodiverse state in...
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                                                                     HAPPY HOLIDAYS Recent Cedar Waxwing in Oakley CA                                                CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE JANUARY 2026          Hope everyone is well.   Sharing more local wildlife photos from Fall and early winter in our Bay Area. The Central Valley in California was fog covered for nearly a month leading me to drive out of the fog cap areas towards the sun into the Alameda and Contra Costa County foothills. A look at highlights from a couple of those adventures. I...
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  American Kestrel Camino Tassajara area of CC County South                                CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE DECEMBER 2025    FALL RAPTORS           A good time to chase raptors as weather cools and most large raptors chill a bit. The fall season presents opportunities for viewing and photography. Migrating birds like ferruginous hawks and merlin’s can be seen in Northern California in the fall and winter. A couple of Merlin photographs to share this month. (First one Taiga subspecies) I believe. Kestrels here year around, yet fall and winter brings the population up in many areas. I have been in the open grass lands in Eastern Contra Costa County and into the foothills around Morgan Territory and over the Camino Tassajara and Southern CC County across into Alameda County. I h...
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