Tag Archives: year round residents

It's a treat to see a White-tailed Kite hovering in the air as she searches for a tasty rodent. Allen Vinson recently photographed a beautiful kite against an oh-so-blue sky.

These small raptors are year-round residents of the West Coast. Look for them in grassy meadows. I've seen them at Gualala Point Regional Park, a great place to see wildlife.

The calls of White-tailed Kites are rather soft. You can listen to them at this link to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/White-tailed_Kite/sounds

Thanks to Allen for allowing me to share his photo with you here. To see much more of Allen's nature photography, here is the link: http://allenvinson.smugmug.com/

It's another sunny, warm, breezy day on the Mendonoma Coast today!

Allen Vinson caught a pair of Red-tailed Hawks mating. Yes, an x-rated sighting for you today. In the first photo the male is approaching the female. In the second photo, they are mating. And in the last photo the male flies off.

Red-tailed Hawks beginning to mate by Allen Vinson Mating Red-tailed Hawks by Allen Vinson Time for the male Red-tailed Hawk to leave by Allen Vinson

Red-tailed Hawks are year round residents of the Mendonoma Coast. Here's a photo of one hunting, taken by Linda Morley-Wells.

Red-Tailed Hawk, The Sea Ranch

Thanks to Allen and Linda for allowing me to share their photos with you here.

Pat Killen found a family of Gray Fox kits exploring a neighbor's property. The mother climbed up on what looks like a hot tub enclosure while two of her little kits tried to reach her. One successfully climbed up as you will see in the second photo.

Gray Fox mother with her kits by Pat Killen (Large) A Gray Fox kit nuzzles its mom by Pat Killen (Large) Four Gray Fox kits explore a float by Pat Killen (Large)

The last photo shows the four kits exploring a float. Gray Foxes are year round residents of the Mendonoma Coast.

Thanks to Pat for allowing me to share his photos with you here.