CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE JANUARY 2024    

Cedar Waxwing, taken December 2023 while hundreds of waxwings descend upon Oakley Parks. 

                                                  Four Red Tails (color variations)

     Happy Holidays everyone! Updating the site with a new look, instead of continuous reel of photos just tap the ‘read more’ button for the photos. I have included some options at bottom of page to view wildlife index from the past, and I have re-created the last post on the old blogspot because it was short lived, and included “The Jim Hale Story” with close ups of two golden Eagles…

A look at red tail hawks in Contra Costa and Alameda Counties. The color morphs can be interesting with many raptors, and the red Tails are no exception.

Other than that, more photographs of species photographed in the Bay Area of recent times with an occasional retro photo from the past including date taken. More information in the individual text associated with each photograph...

Red Tail hawk youngster in Eastern Contra Costa County November 2023

Coyote rarity, distemper and other issues have surprisingly made Western Coyotes rare to open foothills, this  captured on Morgan Territory in wooded area near MT. Diablo in Late November 2023

Red Tail Hawk in Camino Tassajara / Highland area of CC County December 2023

Townsend's -Warbler in Alameda Foothills above Del Valle reservoir December 2023

Recent Mink photograph taken along Taylor Slough in Eastern CC County October 2023

Dark Morph Red Tailed Hawk, sporting "rusty chaps" similar to ferruginous, but not' December 2023

Red-breasted nuthatch in Alameda county above Del Valle reservoir, (December 2023) took a mess of photos more than I would like to admit of this bird who at times nearly landed on me, once even hunting spiders beneath a bench My dog was sitting on while pup rebel watched intently... WTH!

I believe Cooper's Hawk Alameda County Camino Tassajara / Highland Area...December 2023

Dark Morph red tail flight, same bird with rusty pants...

Young red tailed Hawk Highland / Camino Tassajara are December 2023

RETRO BOBCAT 09-23-15 Los Vaqueros reservoir property near Camino Diablo CC County


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