December Migratory Birds, Harris Hawk, Cedar Waxwings, Cactus Wren, and winter wildlife

Vermillion Flycatcher, Pelicans and Osprey with fish, Harris Hawk, White Tailed Kites, Bobcat, Red Tails, Orange Crowned Warbler, Greater Roadrunner, Juvenile Merlin, Loggerhead Shrike, Robin, Nutmeg Manniken, Mandarin Duck, Huttons Vireo, Junco, Coyote, Merlin, Thrasher, Kinglet, Gray-Blue Gnatcatcher

Funny looking juvenile.
Vermilion Flycatcher
Bobcat, Irvine park
Harris Hawk, SJWS
Rare for Orange County, mostly in the wild towards Texas, Arizona and south. The Harris Hawk, named after J. Audubons friend, had been captured for years and used and bred for captivity and falconry. The Harris Hawk is friendly and not as skitterish as a Red Tail. Fairly good sized, forrages in quarries in woodland areas. He's not a strong flyer like the Red Tail. Perhaps that is why he was so easily captured. This Harris Hawk has no signs of ever being a captive. He has disappeared in the last few days.
Harris Hawk, Irvine, Ca. Nov. 2011
Harris Hawk, Irvine, Ca 2011
Harris Hawk, named by James Audubon for a friend named Harris. Mostly found south of Texas and Arizona border. Very rare here. Some say climate change has brought them further north. This hawk seems a little lost, but not as shy as our Red Tails. The Harria Hawks are friendly, and have been used for centuries as falconry birds. They hunt from trees in quarry woodlands. They are even bred in Europe and sold.