Rough-legged Hawk. Final approach ... .. .

Rough-legged Hawk (20140104-0155), originally uploaded by Earl Reinink.

by Earl Reinink

Saving the Bald Eagle in California_ 7pm Trusday evening Speaker - Glenn Stewart - Director, Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group

Saving the Bald Eagle in California
Speaker - Glenn Stewart - Director, Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group - Founder, CA Bald Eagle Recovery Program

7pm this Thursday

Bald Eagles, unique to North America, disappeared from most of California in the mid 1980s. Learn first hand, how bald eagle chicks were brought from Canada and carefully raised in Central California, to seed a new population on the west coast. Bald Eagles are now nesting in Sonoma and Napa Counties. This public nature lecture series is a partnership with Sonoma Birding and Sonoma County Regional Parks. Location- Veteran's Memorial Bldg, 126 1st Street West, Sonoma, CA. 95476 - $5.00 at the door. Info at - http://www.sonomabirding.com. 

Tom Rusert
Sonoma,CA

photos below Larry Broderick and Mary Beth Crittendon copyright 2013

Audubon Guide to Hawk Watching | Audubon Magazine

There's a sequence of great photo's at the link below....

Audubon Guide to Hawk Watching | Audubon Magazine

Anybody want to ID these two birds, BEFORE you check out the Audubon link?

Quiz? Raptor ID quiz.

what do you see?

and how many?

thanks for looking, RapMag.