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Adult white-tailed kite

White raptor with red eyes and gray upper wings flying almost towards the camera with its wings forming a shallow "V" and a small rodent in one of its talons.

Adult white-tailed kite flying with California vole prey.

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Pinnacles National Park, Code: PINN
San Francisco Bay Area Network, Code: SFAN

Pinnacles National Park, California
Latitude: 36.4753494262695, Longitude: -121.173400878906

SFAN Inventory and Monitoring Program

04/21/2025

04/21/2025

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NPS / Gavin Emmons

NPS / Gavin Emmons

Person: Gavin Emmons
Organization: National Park Service
Email: gavin_emmons@nps.gov

Person: Jessica Weinberg McClosky
Organization: National Park Service
Email: jessica_weinberg@nps.gov

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