MBC Dilute Plumage Bald profile photo.

MBC Dilute Plumage Bald profile photo.
the Lower K. Legend. MBC Photo
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Monday, November 23, 2020

Neat video for folks just getting into Birds of Prey "Raptor Identification Raptor ID for Beginners"


Click video link to watch YouTube video.

In this online presentation, Hawk Mountain Senior Research Biologist David Barber will walk you through the basics of identifying raptors in flight and share tips used by seasoned hawk watchers locally and around the globe.


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 


Red-tailed Hawk. Large soaring hawk in the genus Buteo:
Dark hood, belly band, dark patagial bars (aka wing bars, on leading edge of wing) adult has brick red tail: 


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....