California Wildlife

                                               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...

                                                 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...