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Cal Falcons is a website and social media community featuring three live streaming webcams trained on a peregrine falcon nest site atop Sather Tower at the University of California, Berkeley. Cal Falcons is known for its extensive social media presence and following. [1] The live stream runs continuously throughout the year, recording all ...
The peregrine falcon ( Falco peregrinus ), also known simply as the peregrine, [3] and historically as the duck hawk in North America, [4] is a cosmopolitan bird of prey (raptor) in the family Falconidae. A large, crow -sized falcon, it has a blue-grey back, barred white underparts, and a black head. The peregrine is renowned for its speed.
The Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex is part of the United States system of National Wildlife Refuges (NWR). [1] It is located in northern California, in the valley of the Sacramento River . The Sacramento NWR Complex was created in an attempt to resolve the conflict between the needs of migrating birds using the Pacific Flyway, and ...
With Sacramento scorching, these weather maps show scale of Northern California heat wave. Esther Sun. July 2, 2024 at 7:50 PM. As a major heat wave sets in over Northern California, forecast to ...
Photographs and video footage from the area located about 65 miles (105 km) north of Sacramento, the state capital, showed flames ripping through structures and torching vehicles.
The California quail is the official state bird of California. This list of birds of California is a comprehensive listing of all the bird species seen naturally in the U.S. state of California as determined by the California Bird Records Committee (CBRC). Additional accidental and hypothetical species have been added from different sources.
Pacific Coast Avifauna No. 2--A List of Land Birds of Santa Cruz County, California (PDF) (Report). Santa Clara, CA: Cooper Ornithological Club of California. Retrieved 2011-12-19. ^ This seasonal checklist was developed from records compiled by the Santa Cruz Bird Club. Updated most recently September 30, 2002.
Forest falcon. Forest falcons are members of the genus Micrastur, part of the family Falconidae. They are endemic to the Americas, found from Mexico in the north, south through Central America and large parts of South America, and as far south as northern Argentina. Most are restricted to humid tropical and subtropical forests, but the two most ...