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Wednesday 2 January 2013

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A Zone-tailed a day keeps the doldrums away--that's how it's worked so far even on a cold rainy day like today. I did drive over to Frontera Audubon Center and spotted the juvenile Zone-tailed Hawk perched at mid-morning (like many vultures were doing due to the weather that does not provide the lift for low energy flight). It was located way behind some branches on a deciduous tree, one that this time still has some leaves on it that help obscure the hawk. I was concerned that in order to get better photos I risked disturbing the hawk and flushing it so made due with these.
Previously I had seen this hawk in deciduous trees without leaves and that makes getting good photos a lot more likely. It has used a number of trees both deciduous and palm so always a question where I might find it. The hawks head is totally obscured in this bottom pic but it shows the juvenile tail patterning nicely. SeEtta

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