[EBB Sightings] WTK in Pleasanton, San Ramon and Tri-Valley

We have records of up to 30 WTKI in the Upper San Leandro Watershed in
August and early September.  They seem to get pretty chummy about now,
as if staging.

Roger Hartwell
EBMUD 
Orinda, CA 


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[mailto:sightings-admin at diabloaudubon.com] On Behalf Of Eugenia Larson
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 3:16 PM
To: 'Richard Cimino'; 'Brian Zeiler'; 'EBB'
Subject: RE: [EBB Sightings] WTK in Pleasanton, San Ramon and Tri-Valley

We see White-tailed Kites consistently behind our house in Canyon Lakes
South of San Ramon.  We back up to an old ranch (dry hillside) and they
frequently hunt over the hills.  Last summer an adult and juvenile
roosted for several weeks in the tall tree adjacent to our town home.
They were visible almost every afternoon to early evening and then
apparently left in the early morning, only to return again the next day
late in the afternoon.
Occasionally we'll see one perched in the tall willows surrounding the
large pond on the golf course on Canyon Hills Drive, just a block inside
the main gate.  

Eugenia Larson
San Ramon

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[mailto:sightings-admin at diabloaudubon.com] On Behalf Of Richard Cimino
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 2:46 PM
To: 'Brian Zeiler'; 'EBB'
Subject: [EBB Sightings] WTK in Pleasanton, San Ramon and Tri-Valley


White Tail Kites in Pleasanton city limits including Shadow Cliffs are
regular. For years they have been roosting in Pleasanton around Harvest
RD and Park View Ct., off of Hopyard Rd..
 April to August the high count  at  one time this year was a group of 9.
Pleasanton has so many crows in the area of this White Tailed Kite roost
that each evening when Kites arrive the crows mob them.
But the Kites stick it out year after year.
 Their favorite perch Tree can be seen from the knoll in the city park  at 
Harvest and Park View court looking north.
Shadow Cliffs is part of the SFBO Heron /Egert survey count area, has
anyone had nesting White Kites there?
 Many years ago White Tailed Kite nested in the EBR Tassajara Land Bank
park.
 But the park was a larger land mass then, B-4 the horse facility was
established and almost no development near by.
Rich Cimino
ABA Member
Pleasanton, Cal. 94566


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[mailto:sightings-admin at diabloaudubon.com] On Behalf Of Brian Zeiler
Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 6:45 PM
To: EBB
Subject: [EBB Sightings] more WTK sightings


Given the discussion of the white-tailed kites in San Ramon, I would
also note the following regular sightings.  

* I am regularly seeing 2-3 WTKs at Shadow Cliffs in Pleasanton.

* I have been seeing a WTK regularly patrolling the fields at Dublin
Blvd & Tassajara Road, mostly the SE corner.  He shows up in the
evening.  Yesterday he was joined by a friend, the first time I have
seen two.  I doubt they are the same as the ones at Shadow Cliffs, but
it's possible.  The two sites are probably 4-5 miles apart.

* Yesterday I saw more WTKs at Coyote Hills than I have so far this
year.  I saw several flying over the northern part of the park, and when
I left, I saw three hunting simultaneously near the park entrance where
there was regular abundant activity last year.

* At Lime Ridge in Concord two weeks ago, I saw two WTKs hunting
together.

* I saw two WTKs hunting together in open space in Danville a few weeks
ago, at a friend's place in Blackhawk specifically.

It seems that every time I go into open space, I am seeing at least one
WTK.  Very good sign for their population.

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