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  • Spooky Night

    Spooky Night

    You can never be sure who’s watching as night falls over the city.

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    October 31, 2026
    Great Horned Owl, San Francisco
  • Table For Two

    Table For Two

    What’s better than a Great Horned Owl sitting in a tree as fog rolls into the Golden Gate and the sunsets pops off above the Marin Headlands? How about two owls sitting in the same tree? It’s always a treat when you get two GHOs perching near each other in the same tree. I couldn’t…

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    October 20, 2026
    Great Horned Owl, San Francisco
  • Stellar Bird

    Stellar Bird

    This Steller’s Jay was kind enough to pose in front of some bokeh balls for me. It wasn’t kind enough to avoid the dried grass in the foreground, but that’s how you can be sure this isn’t AI.

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    October 1, 2026
    Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Stellers Jay
  • Above It All

    Above It All

    A Red-Tailed Hawk hunts from its perch at the top of an urban park.

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    September 10, 2026
    Red-Tailed Hawk, San Francisco
  • Fluffball

    Fluffball

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    August 24, 2026
    Great Horned Owl, San Francisco
  • Peekaboo

    Peekaboo

    A Great-Horned Owl chick peeks out from behind a eucalyptus tree. While these trees are highly invasive, the owls don’t mind one bit, and often prefer them as nesting habitat in California.

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    June 4, 2026
    Great Horned Owl, San Francisco
  • Golden Gate Owl

    Golden Gate Owl

    As fog wafts gently into the Golden Gate, an Great Horned Owl begins her evening hunt. I’m not sure I’ve ever felt the exposure triangle more acutely than on this shot. Stopping down to try to pull in more background. Fighting motion blur on a breezy evening. Lots of detail buried deep in the blacks.…

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    May 13, 2026
    Great Horned Owl, San Francisco
  • Towers

    Towers

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    April 23, 2026
    Golden Gate Park, Great Horned Owl, San Francisco
  • Coyote on a Log

    Coyote on a Log

    I’m a sucker for a Coyote on any kind of tree, standing or fallen.

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    April 21, 2026
    Bernal Heights Park, Coyote, San Francisco
  • Night Watch

    Night Watch

    A Great Horned Owl keeps a watchful eye on the city down below.

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    April 15, 2026
    Great Horned Owl, San Francisco
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