Park Week 12/22/23
Weeding the Newbies Saturday December 16 was another Native Plant Stewardship Day in the park, the eleventh such outing of
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White-tailed Kite
Sharp Kite
(Burrowing Owl Update Below) Among the sharpest and most beautiful pictures of a White-tailed Kite in the park are these
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Kite Hovering
(Burrowing Owl Update Below) On my walk to visit the Burrowing Owl on January 7, this White-tailed Kite hovered over
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Nest Hunting?
Alert photographer James Kusz spotted this White-tailed Kite way up high in a pine tree on the periphery of Chavez
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Kites Prospecting
White-tailed Kites have been hunting and also nesting around Cesar Chavez Park for several years to my knowledge, and probably
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Sam’s Recent Park Pix
Photographer Sam Zuckerman, who last published in these pages in December 2020 with a photo of the rare Loggerhead Shrike,
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Rick Lewis’ Chavez Park
Wildlife photographer Rick Lewis’ work has graced the cover of magazines. His images excel in sharpness and clarity. He has
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Kite at Work
This video and the two photos below are by Laura Lange, a new contributor to this site. She writes: My
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Kite Hunting
The White-tailed Kite is famous for its ability to hover like a hummingbird, a behavior that has given birth to
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Kite Kiting
The White-tailed Kite frequently visits the park in season and is a favorite subject of photography. But few if any
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Kite Cam 8
The last White-tailed Kite chick had left the nest by the time I arrived at the scene on Wednesday morning.
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Kite Cam 7
It’s like a moral fable for the pandemic era. The kite chick that shelters in place survives and thrives. The
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Kite Cam 6
Sunday afternoon I went to the park to check up on the White-tailed Kite nests. The remaining solo chick in
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Kite Cam 5
On Saturday morning I saw no change from the previous day’s status at the White-tailed Kite nursery. One chick remained
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Kite Cam 4
There’s chaos in the White-tailed Kite nursery, and the American Crows are again the villains. There was only one chick
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Kite Cam 3
In the video above, two of the chicks are taking the first serious steps toward learning to fly. As their
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Kite Cam 2
A milestone in growing up as a young White-tailed Kite is that you have to cut up your own food.
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Kite’s Tongue
Birds don’t have teeth. I knew that. It never occurred to me that they might nevertheless have tongues. But clearly
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Trying Again
A pair of White-tailed Kites has built a nest in a tall tree and at least three, possibly four chicks
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Kite in Moon
Sometimes birds that want their portraits made will not only sit still, they’ll pose against an attractive background. This White-tailed
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Bird’s Gotta Eat
Warning: Graphic Images of Bird Devouring Mouse Perched atop the corner tree in the hotel parking lot, this White-tailed Kite
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