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Rolled out on the River Path at Mile 6...Hawk, Cooper's, on the Grass at the Moon Park...Hawk flew up to Tree nearby with thick foliage, and to the other Two Trees too, as I tried to follow, but left off with Hawk hidden in the foliage...Kite Pair perched on the Kite's Tree at the Golf Course, henceforth, Hawk's Course!...Redtail nearby in Eucy perched...and Small Hawk, no id, too, and Two Redtails soaring over the Course together, and another soaring over Path, and Kestrel, no pic, a bit further along...a gathering!...rolled as far as Seagull's Shell Drop Zone!...Seagulls very busy...pic up...on return, Kingfisher at Adam's Street Pond...faraway pic, but good sighting of Kingfisher diving!...on return, Kingfisher near Mile 4, just call...laughing...Kite Pair over River hovering, and returning to Perch...roll ends at Sergestrom Street, where I take surface streets back to Silver so to stay on right side of streets!, and thereabout sighted Hawk, Cooper's again I think, at near Last Light...see clip after Kites in clip...it's hard to describe...a flash of light can light up a room, and for a moment one can see in the dark, or a flash of emotion can make things stand out, and when I see Hawk, and Critters, in those moments, the surroundings and circumstances kinda light up...there is a light on behind Hawk on the industrial building wall, late evening, colors red and orange hewed, and just as I sighted Hawk with camera, Hawk picked up from the wire, flew along, and perched again...I was much pleased to keep Hawk framed and in focus for the short flight clip!...on returning to peddling, adjusting the camera bag straps, I looked back, another cyclist passing, and Hawk moved a little further down the wire-- Sun setting over the River's West Bank...the Banks are really Levies, and very high ones it looks when the River is dry...but I've seen the River when it is full, and the height is necessary!...the Paths are on top of the Levis, or parallel at their outside footings...sunny warm hazy...peddled along fairly well, conditioning improving!... oh...Kites can be seen lifting Tails in clip...looking for the why of that (Other agnostic behavior is communicated by bobbing the tail up and down. This display can occur more than a hundred times a day in some areas in response to trespassing by a variety of intruders (3))....and here a really neat link to Golden Gate Park that posts every day Birds sightings in the Park...I don't know how many Parks do this on the web...it was my intention from the start of the blog, and I've kept looking for self similar efforts...this the first official one on the web I've found...the Wildlife Refuges, and places like the Mono Lake visitor center, have registers or bulletin boards, where visitors can list Birds daily...the Valley has it's Xmas count, through Audubon, but nowhere any public place to note sighting for all to see...which is a great disappointment, as the tourists with their cameras and camera phones are getting great pics and clips and have a daily gathering of illustrated critter sightings...and the anecdotal surroundings and circumstances...