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These images are collected from my visits to Jasper Ridge. They show bird behavior; birds in flight; and a rare bird for Jasper Ridge, the Phainopepla. There are rare photos of Kites exchanging prey in the air, and many images of the Acorn Woodpeckers near the Sun Docent Center -- a communist matriarchal society in action. Enjoy!

Organized by bird. Birds are then roughly organized by location: Escobar Gate; the ridge; tagging birds near Road D above Searsville Lake; wetlands near Searsville Lake, Trail 13; around the Sun Docent Center; Searsville Dam & Lake.

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For more photographs of juvenile and adult kites, perhaps at Jasper Ridge, check out Peter La Tourrette's web sites: <http://www.birdphotography.com/species/wtki.html> for Kites; <http://www.stanford.edu/~petelat1/> for many birds at Jasper Ridge; and <http://www.birdphotography.com/> for everything. For wonderful photos of Kites exchanging prey in the air, and a discussion, see <http://philseu.blogspot.com/>. This is also in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Phainopepla (Phainopepla nitens)Northern Flicker (Colaptes  auratus)Bird in FlightAmerican Robin (Turdus migratorius) on Valley OakAmerican Robin (Turdus migratorius)Dawn FeedingMourning Dove Nest (Zenaida macroura)Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna)Male Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna)Male Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna)HummingbirdAnna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) at RestAnna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) in FlightAnna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) Catching InsectsHummingbird on BranchA Bird in the HandA Bird in the HandCalifornia Thrasher (Toxostoma redivivum)Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata)Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata)