[EBB Sightings] Cooper's Hawks and Swainsons Hawks

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Thanks to Marilyn Trabert for the report on Swainsons east of Livermore. I  
was there yesterday and found 30 or more hawks in the field at Herdlyn and  
Lindemann. There were also at least 40 great egrets and maybe a dozen great blue  
herons.They were not close to the road and the road heading east is private, 
so  I asked a woman leaving the private road if I could get a closer look in 
her  field. She said it was fine with her but that I should ask Scott at the 
main  house. So I walked in about 2/3 mile and found no one home. As I was 
walking  back, many crows and Swainsons exited the trees on their property and 
spiralled  upwards. More hawks in the field joined in. At this point I realized I 
was not  going to get too close to them. When you get within 60 yards, they 
take off.  There are still plenty of hawks out there, and I also found some in 
the field  just south of Lindemann at Byron Highway.
 
In Berkeley at Browning and Bancroft Way, I found two birders with  
binoculars watching a juvenile Cooper's hawk. The adult soon appeared and then  other 
juveniles could be heard in the trees. One of them got a bird from the  adult 
and took off to eat it in peace. I watched it for a while and took some  
photos. If you want to see Coops, this is a good place for viewing on the  various 
wires, poles and trees in the neighborhood. You can get pretty  close.
 
Clark Peterson
San Rafael

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