West County Hawkwatch 2020/2021 Event dates are listed below, More dates coming soon. We are a North Bay Area, (Ca.) group bringing attention to North American Birds of Prey and the threats they face. We provide Identification and Education Programs, Hikes, Tours and ID Workshops. We also monitor encroachment of wind turbines into the North Bay, we do Nest Site protection, Raptor Migration counts, Studies and Documentation. Donations received fund youth Educational and Book Programs.
Monday, November 23, 2020
Neat video for folks just getting into Birds of Prey "Raptor Identification Raptor ID for Beginners"
Sunday, October 18, 2020
Updates on Lynch Canyon trip 10-18-20 Solano Land Trust outing...
As promised some ID help on what we saw today 10-18-20 Lynch Canyon.
Golden Eagle:
below is 1st year [left], sub adult [middle] and adult [right] from reports of team members we saw a sub adult
Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk, Dark hood, good belly band, dark patagial, and finely barred tail
White-tailed Kite, White, Grey, Black... It is a Kite, but similar to a falcon form (body shape)
Northern Harriers Male, Female, Juveniles
American Kestrels Male directly below, and Female below that.... notice the tails....








