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<\/a>San Francisco Bay and Golden Gate Bridge photos by Larry Jordan<\/p>\n
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I didn’t realize until I did some background research on GGRO for this post that the gentleman who greeted me was none other than Allen Fish, the first and still GGRO director since 1985!<\/p>\n \n \n He was busy organizing the volunteer counters that were up on the hill Saturday morning when I arrived at about 10:00 am but even so, he took the time to welcome me to the event. Here is a shot of some of the counters and visitors atop Hawk Hill.<\/p>\n \n \n I clicked away as the juvenile Broad-winged Hawks danced above our heads, soaring in the light air currents on this beautiful day. After all, this is a life bird for me!<\/p>\n \n \n You see, these hawks are predominately found in the Eastern U.S. where, during fall migration, they can be seen in flocks or “kettles” in the thousands. They are a “rare but regular” migrant through the western U.S., along the California coast, and north to British Columbia1<\/sup>.<\/p>\n \n \n On this particular day, the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory had 662 sightings of 12 species in six hours! Those numbers include 27 Broad-winged Hawks!<\/p>\n \n \n The longitudinal breast streaking and multiple dark brown tail bands identify this as a juvenile Broad-winged Hawk.<\/p>\n \n \n It certainly made my day!<\/p>\n \n \n