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 14th 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 in Eastern CC County...



Another cat out on the hunt in Alameda county foothills...

Red tail hawk in Flight near Knightsen CA...

Western coyote in Byron area out on the plains...

Red shouldered Hawk surprized by female kestrel incoming, that look of, this might be it...

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