An adult Red-shouldered Hawk, Buteo lineatus, with a Pine Monterey pine needle in it's nostril, near Asilomar , CA.

An adult Red-shouldered Hawk, Buteo lineatus, with a Pine Monterey pine needle in it's nostril, near Asilomar , CA.

An adult Red-shouldered Hawk, Buteo lineatus, near Asilomar State Beach, Pacific Grove, CA.

A juvenile Cooper's Hawk, Accipiter cooperii, Carmel River Beach, CA.

A juvenile Cooper's Hawk, Accipiter cooperii, Carmel River Beach, CA.

Our smallest falcon, an American Kestrel, Falco sparverius, near Andrew Molera State Park, Big Sur coast, CA.

Our smallest falcon, an American Kestrel, Falco sparverius, Point Pinos, Pacific Grove, CA.

Our smallest falcon, an American Kestrel, Falco sparverius, Point Pinos, Pacific Grove, CA.

Our smallest falcon, an American Kestrel, Falco sparverius, Point Pinos, Pacific Grove, CA.

A female Great Horned Owl, Bubo virginianus, in a Monterey Pine forest, Point Lobos State Reserve, CA.

A Northern Harrier, Circus cyaneus, over the Palo Alto Baylands, Palo Alto, CA.

A Northern Harrier, Circus cyaneus, attacking a Red-tailed Hawk, Buteo jamaicensis, over the Palo Alto Baylands, Palo Alto, CA.

A Northern Harrier, Circus cyaneus, over the Palo Alto Baylands, Palo Alto, CA.

A Northern Harrier, Circus cyaneus, over the Palo Alto Baylands, Palo Alto, CA.

A White-tailed Kite, Elanus leucurus, a bit tattered after a storm, Pacific Grove, CA.

A White-tailed Kite, Elanus leucurus, hovers to catch prey, like bush rabbits, or voles, unawares.

A Perrigrine Falcon, Falco pereginus, Point Lobos State Reserve, CA.

A Perrigrine Falcon, Falco pereginus, Carmel River Beach, CA.