[EBB Sightings] Redwood Park

Hi, all.
   I had a pleasant, short walk down in the canyon in
Redwood Regional yesterday around noon. (The action
was really good as the sun rose over the hills in the
morning, but I was helping out with a fun run and
couldn't use the binocs to look.)
  Among the birds I saw:
  Northern flicker--red shafted; a number of them,
  legions of yellow-rumped warblers,
  Jays--scrub and Steller's,
  Red-tail, juvenile light-morph,
  Gold-crowned sparrow,
  White-crowned sparrow, 
  Black phoebe,
  California towhee,
  Dark-eyed junco,
  Townsend's warbler,
  California quail,
  Red-breasted nuthatch (quick glimpses, but I'm
pretty sure on        
        this ID),
  Hermit thrush (the little guy seemed as interested
in me as I was
        was in him; he just cocked his head and
watched me for a 
       while).

  When I returned home to our north Oakland yard, I
discovered a juvenile Cooper's hawk in our walnut
tree, watching the squirrels nearby, but not going
after them. (One of the squirrels had quite a time
figuring out how to get where he wanted to go because
the Coop was sitting right at a limb junction in the
way.) After a couple of minutes, I discovered a couple
of crows in a nearby tree and figured the Coop was
trying to avoid their teasing/attacks. The hawk left
after a bit--and the crows soon followed.
  Have a good week.
Peace,
Alan Howe


	
		
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