Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello Doug: I seem to be seeing more hawks in the neighborhoods around Highway 13 here in Oakland. Do you have an explanation for these more frequent sightings? Roland Smith Oakland, California - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Herr" <telyt@earthlink.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 7:34 AM Subject: [Leica] Birding spot > > There is a location in Northern California that > > some of you have written about to view > > raptors.. hawks, etc.... Someplace > > exceptional.. Can some one please give me the > > name and appoximate location.....and time of > > year that is best. > > Hawk Hill in the marin county headlands is famous for the fall raptor > migration. Best time of year is fall (duhh...) so I wouldn't expect to see > much now. This is a photo from Hawk Hill: > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/ssha0.html > More Hawk Hill info is on the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory website at > www.ggro.org > > The Capay Valley in Solano County is full of raptors in the winter, but no > particular spot that I know of stands out. > > In the southern East Bay area, Sunol Regional Wilderness > (http://www.ebparks.org/parks/sunol.htm) has good raptors year-round > especially near Flag Hill (http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/prfa0.html) and > the High Valley (http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/goea1.html) areas. > > > Doug Herr<BR>Birdman of Sacramento<BR>http://www.wildlightphoto.com > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html