Posts Tagged ‘Eagle’
Thursday, July 19th, 2012
Look at what Bluoz spotted atop our Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals:
“This is on top of the flag pole at the US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals at 95 7th street, corner of Mission and 7th, so if your near there, look up, because that area and the federal building across the street is pretty much home to this pair of hawks and they’re often circling above. And this golden eagle on the flag pole is one of their favorite perches.”
Via auweia
Impressive!
Tags: 2012, auweia, bay area, bluoz, california, cluthing, Eagle, flagpol, globe, golden, hawk, hawks, image, market, mice, mid market, mouse, photo, rat, rats, San Francisco, soma, south, tenderloin, twitter, twitterloin
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Thursday, April 5th, 2012
Start off here at Bluoz and then you’ll be able to link through to HawkManStan and others.
Here’s the latest, from Santa Clara County:
Via John K at Calaveras Reservoir – click to expand
What can I say but that it’s Bald Eagle Watch time, baby?
Dese boids are coming in from the north and from the south.
When will we have a nesting pair here in San Francisco?
Tags: 2012, bald, bald eagle, Bald Eagle Watc, bay area, bird, birds, bluoz, calaveras, california, county, crystal, Crystal Springs Reservior, Crystal Springs Resevior, Eagle, engineer, HawkMan, HawkManStan, Jiayi Chong, John K, lake, Pixar, Reservior, Reservoir, Resevior, San Francisco, San Mateo, springs, supply, water
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Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
Well this is news to me.
Look what’s pooping in our water supply down in Crystal Springs Reservior:
Via Jiayi Chong
I never though these boids would come back to the 415…
Tags: 2012, bald, bald eagle, bay area, bird, birds, california, county, crystal, Crystal Springs Reservior, Crystal Springs Resevior, Eagle, engineer, Jiayi Chong, lake, Pixar, Reservior, Resevior, San Francisco, San Mateo, springs, supply, water
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Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
I don’t have enough data to make this determination.
As seen yesterday, October 4th, 2011, in the Western Addition – it’s the mansion of patriotic San Franciscans:
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Congratulations, Dr. Saul Perlmutter! You now have “worldwide fame and campus parking.”*
All the deets after the jump.
*Don’t let the Streetsblog people find out about the free on-campus parking perk. I’m seriously.
(more…)
Tags: 2011, alumni, American, bay area, Berkeley, Blue, cal, california, car, Eagle, faculty, flag, flags, free, gold, Laureates, nobel, parking, Perlmutter, Physicist, physics, prize, San Francisco, Saul, Saul Perlmutter, UC, United States, university of california, western addition, winners, yellow
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Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
An ideal nesting site high above the Polk Street Steps, don’t you think?
It’s protected from the rain and wind and of course there are plenty of rats scurrying about City Hall these days, non?
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This new nest matches the other one the Polk Side has.
Tags: 2010, 2011, bay area, bird, california, civic center, dome, Eagle, falcon, film, goddess, hawk, mice, Minerva, movie, nest, nesting, nexk, pale male, peregrine, pigeons, pray, prey, raptor, rats, red, San Francisco, shield, tail, tailed, top
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Monday, July 18th, 2011
Oh man, your 2011 Pacific Coast Air Museum Air Show, Wings Over Wine Country, is going to be soooooo much better than the wine-sipping alternative, it’s not even funny.
Check the slideshow, baby! Check the FAQ too. Get your tickets here.
Via Tom Hardin – click to expand
So, take a vacay from your Sunday Punch routine and get out there – let’s hope that B25J will be on hand this year. (Don’t Mess With Texas, or Tennessee, or, well, just don’t mess with 12 machine guns when they’re all firing together.)
See you there!
All the deets:
“Here’s a sneak preview of just some of our 2011 Air Show performers:
- Opening ceremony with local Police and Fire Departments commemorating the 10th Anniversary of September 11, 2001
- Advance preview of the 9/11 “First Responder” F-15 Eagle aircraft, the first aircraft to arrive over the World Trade Center on 9/11
- U. S. Navy F/A-18F “Hornet” Demonstration Team(tentative)
- C-17 Globemaster Static Display and Aerial Demonstration
- Air Force U-2 Flyby
- Air Force T-38 Formation Flyby
- Crowd favorite Eddie Andreini with amazing barnstorming aerobatics in his Stearman
- Tim Decker in his beautiful red and white Pitts Special
- Canadian favorite “Team Rocket” with fabulous formation aerobatics in two Harmon Rockets
- Crowd favorite Dan Buchanan in his towed hang glider
- World Class aerobatics with Aerobatic Competition winner Vicky Benzing in her beatiful Extra 300S
- Light, fast, and wickedly maneuverable, the Ethanol-Powered Fagen MX2 is the ultimate airshow platform for world class aerobatics by Greg Poe
- Greg Colyer in his fabulous “Blue Angels” T-33 Shooting Star – - a tribute to the 100th anniversary of U.S. Naval Aviation
- lots of P-51 “Mustangs” and lots more WWII Warbirds
- Famed Air Show Announcer Danny Clisham: Known for fresh, lively, knowledge-based commentary, Danny is one of America’s most popular air show announcers. In the course of his career, he has entertained millions of attendees at air shows throughout North America. He repeatedly puts on performances that thrill audiences and keep them coming back year after year.
- Many fantastic static display aircraft
- Fabulous Classic Car Show
- Huge “Kids World” with great activities for families and children
- Jelly Belly aircraft
- Performer’s Reception
- President’s Club
- And much, much more!
- Tickets are available at a discount, on-line, now.“
- 7:30 – 10:30 a.m. – Pancake Breakfast
- 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. – Warbird Photo Hour
- Radio-controlled model aircraft
- Opening ceremony with local Police and Fire Departments commemorating the 10th Anniversary of September 11, 2001
- Eddie Andreini Stearman
- Greg Colyer “Blue Angels” T-33 Shooting Star
- Beale Air Force Base Military Flyby
- World Class aerobatics with Aerobatic Competition winner Vicky Benzing in her beatiful Extra 300S
- U.S.Air Force Reserve C-17 Globemaster III
Aerial Demonstration
- Mass WWII Warbird Flyby, featuring P-40 “Warhawks”
- Tim Decker Pitts Special
- “Team Rocket”
- Dan Buchanan towed hang glider
- More Warbirds – CJ-6s & T-6s
- Greg Poe - MX-2 Aerobatics
- U.S. Navy F/A-18 “Super Hornet” Aerial Demonstration (tentative)
Tags: 9/11, air, air force, air show, aircraft, airplanes, airport, airshow, area, c-17, C-17 Globemaster, Charles M. Schulz, Charles Schulz, county, Eagle, F-15, F-15 Eagle, f-18, F/A-18F, fa-18, fighter, fighters, First Responder, globemaster, hornet, jet, jets, museum, Mustangs, navy, north, over, p40, p51, pacific coast, Pacific Coast Air Museum, santa roas, Sonoma County Airport, Sonoma., T-38, tickets, U-2, u. s., usaf, volunteer, Warhawks, Wine Country, wings, Wings Over Wine Country, wowc, wwii
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Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
Just saying, bro.
The smaller the photo, the more fishy the leftward eagle appears. To me, anyway…
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(Think it’s the Armani Exchange now, or something…)
Tags: 2011, architecture, Armani Exchange, bay area, building, california, Eagle, fish, San Francisco, Savings Union Bank, triggerfish, union square
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Monday, November 15th, 2010
Well, it turns out that City Hall, home of the Biggest Classical Dome in the Western Hemisphere,*is also home to raptor nests. Check out the Polk side of the northeast corner. See all that straw and whatnot? That’s your raptor nest.
Truth be told, all of our hawks and falcons in the area are pretty much the same boid, so they look pretty much the same. But I’d venture to say that this critter is a red tailed hawk, or a red-shouldered, or one of them peregrine falcons, something in that area.
Anywho, this raptor seemed awful interested in this nest this AM.
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Same critter, but on the north side.
Here’s another angle of the nest on our crumbly City Hall. (Can you see the nightmare-fuel cow’s skull complete with assorted cow skull icons?)
If you like urban birds of prey, look forward to this new joint opening December 10, 2010 in the bay area:
“THE LEGEND OF PALE MALE documents the mysterious power possessed by a single red-tailed hawk to open the eyes and hearts of die-hard city dwellers to the wonders of nature. It begins in 1993, when a young man from Belgium looking to change his life has an unexpected encounter in Central Park with a wild redtail hawk, a fierce predator that has not lived in the City for almost a hundred years. He buys a video camera and sets out to track the hawk, and after almost twenty years, realizes he has been led down many trails of life, death, birth, hope, and redemption. THE LEGEND OF PALE MALE is a Balcony Releasing film, runs for 85 minutes, is in English, and is not yet MPAA rated.
Affectionately known to New Yorkers as Pale Male, the hawk becomes an obsession and a metaphor for triumph against the odds. His posh 5th Avenue nest starts out as a novel curiosity to a handful of avid birdwatchers but becomes an international tourist destination until, on a December afternoon without warning, the building management dismantles PaleMale’s beloved nest. In a wingbeat, media from around the world assemble on 5th Avenue to cover the unprecedented protest. Gathering behind Pale Male is an army of birdwatchers, movie stars, poets, children, dogs, and late night comedy show hosts. What unfolds next, as they say, could only happen in New York.”
*Yes, bigger than the U.S. Capitol rotunda. I mean, natch, that was the whole point. We bad.
Tags: 2010, bay area, bird, california, civic center, dome, Eagle, falcon, film, hawk, mice, movie, nest, nesting, pale male, peregrine, pigeons, pray, prey, raptor, rats, red, San Francisco, tail, tailed, top
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Monday, March 2nd, 2009
That award would have to go to the official seal of the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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Sam the Eagle has his talons sunk into the Earth’s northern polar region and he aint letting go.
Tags: D.C., Eagle, earth, globe, House of Representatives, seal, speaker, talons, United States, Washington
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Thursday, July 24th, 2008
San Francisco’s Festival of Sail started yesterday - read all about it.
Movie star The Bounty in front of Alcatraz, as seen from the Crissy Field Overlook in the Presidio. Click to expand:
The Coast Guard’s Eagle, just after passing under the Golden Gate Bridge. Lot’s of great photos here, from Telstar Logistics. Can you spot the baggywrinkle?
A different view of the Eagle, next to the Alpha Tower of the Bay Bridge as witnessed by Petty Officer Sherri Eng:
Lots of people came out to see the SS Jeremiah O’Brien slowly chug along:
See you at the Festival of Sail!
Tags: Barque, bounty, Coast Guard, Eagle, Festival, festival of sail, Golden Gate Bridge, hms, parade, parade of sail, presidio, sail, San Francisco, tall ships, United States, USCG
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