The Red-tail Hawks.com project
developed out of my experiences photographing Bernal Heights Park and its wild residents, and my study of graphic and web design.

My name is Gail Williams. I am a visual artist and teacher. I have lived in the San Francisco Mission District since 1976. I've made many trips to Bernal Heights Park. It's a great place to walk, recover my connection to nature, and restore peace of mind. The beautiful, panoramaic views from this place can always renew my sense of "the big picture" when necessary.

On this site, are photographs of the park taken by myself and my friend Dan Sarago—also a hawk fan. The Bernal Hill Park poster design (to the left) was inspired by the place and the hawks. It is a photo-collage of two of my hawk pictures. The creative process story describing how the hawks inspired the poster can be found on the "Sightings 1," and "Sightings 2" pages.

You will find information about Red-tail hawks on the Hawks page; and there is more information about Bernal Heights Park and San Francisco Recreation and Parks habitat restoration project on the "Park" page.

There are many visitors to the park every day: walkers, runners, dogs, dog-walking professionals with dog teams dragging them along or running wild, gardeners, habitat restorers, tourists, photgraphers, drivers who made the wrong turn on Bernal Heights Blvd., and MUNI buses making stops. Plus all the birds and animals passing by.

The Red-tail Hawks involved with this project are residents of the park. I don't know exactly where their nest is, and if I did, I wouldn't say. But I see them often, flying, perching, sometimes I see them as a pair, sometimes with their baby hawks.

I greet and talk to the hawks when we meet, I think of them as friends, I think of them as great, patient teachers, sometimes they are messengers bringing me important information. They are creative collaborators.

"Bernal Hill Park"
poster design,Gail Williams © 2011
2-color process print, 10" X 15"


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