[EBB Sightings] chicken hawks

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Yesterday, the Friends of Sausal Creek did a quarterly bird monitoring of the 
watershed. It was a beautiful fall day and large numbers of kinglets were 
conspicious. The best birds of the day were black-throated gray warbler-male and 
an adult Cooper's Hawk "trying" to catch squirrels. The squirrels were game 
and raced around, not terribly concerned as the hawk made passes at them. A 
raven referered and broke up one pass. A feral tom cat watched from the sidelines, 
interested in the outcome.This hawk landed a ran along the picnic table after 
the squrrel under it. And while I watched, it occurred to me why accipters 
were called 'chicken hawks" - not because they took chickens, but because they 
ran like them on their long yellow legs and with their skirts hitched up. 

Mark Rauzon



Friends of Sausal Creek- Board
4701 Edgewood Ave.
Oakland, CA 94602
mjrauz at aol.com
510-531-3887


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did a quarterly bird monitoring of the watershed. It was a beautiful fall da=
y and large numbers of kinglets were conspicious. The best birds of the day=20=
were black-throated gray warbler-male and an adult Cooper's Hawk "trying" to=
 catch squirrels. The squirrels were game and raced around, not terribly con=
cerned as the hawk made passes at them. A raven referered and broke up one p=
ass. A feral tom cat watched from the sidelines, interested in the outcome.T=
his hawk landed a ran along the picnic table after the squrrel under it. And=
 while I watched, it occurred to me why accipters were called 'chicken hawks=
" - not because they took chickens, but because they ran like them on their=20=
long yellow legs and with their skirts hitched up. 

Mark Rauzon

Friends of Sausal Creek- Board

4701 Edgewood Ave.

Oakland, CA 94602

mjrauz at aol.com

510-531-3887

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