[EBB Sightings] Cooper's Hawks

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Thanks to this board for posting the notice about Cooper's hawks at  Curtis 
and Bancroft Way in Berkeley. I went to the site this morning and found  at 
least 5 hawks, 4 of which were juveniles. They are actually on Bancroft Way  on 
the NW corner of Browning, which is one block east of Curtis. The second tree  
from the end has a nest and a wide mess of bird droppings on the ground, so 
you  can't miss it. The birds are fledged and flying around the area and 
perching on  various wires, poles and trees. They are emitting high-pitched chirps. 
Quite a  sight.
 
At Huckleberry Preserve in Berkeley, I also encountered more Coops between  
the 3 and 4 markers on the Huckleberry Path. Take the left fork at the 
beginning  of the trail and then the right fork at #3. After you emerge from the trees 
and  see the panaramic view to the northeast, the trail heads south. Watch 
for a tree  on your left with a nest about 20 feet up from the trail level. The 
tree  has at least 4 trunks and this one juts up left at about a 60-degree 
angle. Two  juveniles were playing around this tree today. Thank you for the 
recent posting  about this park.
 
Finally, the Lake Merritt Coops seem to all have fledged. I saw one adult  
and 4 juvies today in the park at Perkins and Grand in Oakland. The adult was  
high in a tall tree while the chicks flew from tree to tree about 30 feet off  
the ground. The chicks are all chirping to one another. The adult did not 
attack  me as in previous visits, presumably because the chicks have left the  
nest.  I saw several nests so am not sure which one they used. They are all  just 
left (east?) of the big marble monument. 
 
Clark Peterson
San Rafael

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