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Red-Tailed Hawk Vista III
I’m a firm believer that there’s no landscape that can’t be improved by the addition of a California Quail. In the winter, the quail of Point Reyes abandon their high perches to the wintering hawks. Red-Tailed Hawks make an acceptable substitute for quail while the quail are laying low. This Red-Tailed Hawk was giving a
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Point Reyes With Daniel Dietrich
Shortly after I first started doing photography in Point Reyes, I booked a tour with Daniel Dietrich of Point Reyes Safaris. It was a great experience, and I learned a lot about how to find and photograph predators while minimizing the stress and impact human interactions can create for wild animals. I followed up that
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Red-Tailed Hawk Surveying its Territory
A Red-Tailed Hawk surveys the expansive Point Reyes landscape on a foggy day. Most Red-Tailed Hawks are so skittish that just slowing your car down the wrong way can risk scaring them off. This one didn’t mind when I pulled off on the other side of the road and was pretty relaxed as I photographed
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Red-Tailed Hawk Over San Francisco
I visited Corona Heights Park to look for a Bewick’s Wren an ebirder has seen pretty consistently (I’ve been on a bit of a Bewick’s Wren kick lately). I didn’t track down the wren, but a Red-Tailed Hawk flew in while I was searching. I’ve seen hawks at this park on each of my three
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October in Point Reyes
I took a friend to see Point Reyes this weekend. It was a gloriously cloudy day allowing for good photography all day long. We were aiming for variety, so these are just some quick snapshots from the day.
