2025 Merlin, Kite, Hawk, and Shooting Star: With Birders in February

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Rains almost over, Lowland Shooting Stars appear. Look up: a rare (for us) Merlin watches from a Valley Oak. A kite harvests a vole. And a noble Red-tailed Hawk circles above.

Finally posting these remaining photos from early spring – a lot has been going on in my life ☹

Lowland Shooting Star (Primula clevelandii var. patula)

White-tailed Kite (Elan us leucurus) in Flight

Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) in Flight

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Dan Quinn