[EBB Sightings] Sunol Regional Park GGAS trip - correctioin

The hawk nests we saw were both RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS. Two fledglings at the
nest by the footbridge are flying but still sticking close to the nest. The
second nest is a couple hundred yards upstream in another Sycamore. We only
saw adults going to and from it.

Bruce Mast
Oakland, CA
510-435-1371
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Zeiler [mailto:deriv1 at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 8:42 PM
To: Bruce Mast
Subject: Re: [EBB Sightings] Sunol Regional Park GGAS trip

Thanks for the note - how was the action at the
red-shouldered hawk nest at the footbridge?

--- Bruce Mast  wrote:
> About 15 birders joined me this morning for a Golden
> Gate Audubon Society
> birdwalk in Sunol Regional Park to Little Yosemite.
> In addition to the
> beautiful weather, trip highlights includes a couple
> RED-TAILED HAWK nests,
> including 1 with 2 fledglings; a BULLOCK'S ORIOLE
> nest with parents
> delivering food and hauling away fecal sacks; 2
> WARBLING VIREOS building a
> nest in an Alder tree; a soaring GOLDEN EAGLE; a
> flyby MERGANSER sp.; and a
> flock of BAND-TAILED PIGEONS. 
> 
> Perhaps the biggest surprise of the day is that we
> did not see nor hear a
> single YELLOW-BILLED MAGPIE. Does anyone know why
> they've abandoned this
> area? Anything to do with the crows?
> 
> Here's the complete list.
> 
> Mallard
> Merganser sp.
> Turkey Vulture
> White-tailed Kite
> Cooper's Hawk
> Red-shouldered Hawk
> Red-tailed Hawk
> Golden Eagle
> Wild Turkey
> California Quail
> Band-tailed Pigeon
> Mourning Dove
> White-throated Swift
> Anna's Hummingbird
> Allen's Hummingbird
> Acorn Woodpecker
> Nuttall's Woodpecker
> Northern Flicker
> Black Phoebe
> Ash-throated Flycatcher
> Violet-green Swallow
> Northern Rough-winged Swallow
> Bewick's Wren
> House Wren
> Western Bluebird
> Swainson's Thrush
> American Robin
> Wrentit - heard only
> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
> Bushtit
> Chestnut-backed Chickadee
> Oak Titmouse
> White-breasted Nuthatch
> Steller's Jay
> Western Scrub-Jay
> American Crow
> European Starling
> Cassin's Vireo - heard only
> Hutton's Vireo
> Warbling Vireo
> Orange-crowned Warbler
> Spotted Towhee
> California Towhee
> Song Sparrow
> Dark-eyed Junco
> Black-headed Grosbeak
> Bullock's Oriole
> House Finch
> Lesser Goldfinch
> 
> Bruce Mast
> Oakland, CA
> 510-435-1371
> 
> 
> 
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