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The afternoon wasn't so much "cloudy" as "very rainy with some drizzle breaks." A very back-lit immature red-tail hawk takes off. It was so quick that the next photo only showed the back 2/3 of the bird.
The quite whitish head suggests Krider's. This individual photographed about 1 mile from the Buffalo Farm near the airport, an area which has had a Krider's pair for several years.
The two chicks in the Swallows Park nest looking cute in a raptor sort of way. You can read about this nesting adventure on my blog post
Getting all fluffy!
Another shot of the same hawk I shared a couple of days ago,
The red-tailed hawk is a bird of prey that breeds throughout most of North America, from the interior of Alaska and northern Canada to as far south as Panama and the West Indies. It is one of the most common members within the genus of Buteo in North America or worldwide. Wikipedia
Arroyo Pescadero Trail
Whittier, CA
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June 6, 2020