Raptors

Male Cooper's Hawk along La Posta Road which I first mis-ID'd as a Sharpie; one clue is to look for the more pot-bellied shape of the Coop!

The feathers fly as a Peregrine Falcon chows down on a hapless Black-necked Stilt at the Salton Sea!

Dark morph Ferruginous Hawk along Rangeland Road

Sunning Turkey Vultures along old San Pasqual Road

A little digital touch-up revealed the black axillaries on this Prairie Falcon along Black Canyon Road!

Red-shouldered Hawks are rather rare in the desert, but this guy was a resident at Butterfield Ranch.

An American Kestrel guards the kiosk at the Bernardo Bay Trail

Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk along the Bernardo Bay Trail

Same bird guarding the Joselyn Senior Center!

Sue Smith's eagle-eyes caught this Cooper's Hawk sitting ram-rod still at Tijuana Slough NWR

In-flight Cooper's Hawk at the Borrego Sink

American Kestrels in flight; the female (center and right) was hanging motionless in an onshore breeze at Border Field State Park

Nesting Bald Eagles at Lake Henshaw, extremely rare in San Diego County

Red-tailed Hawk along Black Canyon Road

A rather beat-up juvenile White-tailed Kite at Famosa Slough

An American Kestrel guards the entrance to Coronado's "Dog Beach"

Northern Harrier at San Elijo Lagoon showing the owl-like face!

A Red-tailed Hawk struggles with a rabbit almost as big as she is! (During a dialogue with her mate, she dropped it...)

Juvenile White-tailed Kite, Stelzer County Park

Digiscoped Peregrine Falcon at Otay Lakes