[EBB Sightings] Owls, Raptors and Eurasian Wigeon at Coyote Hills RP

Ken,

Coyote Hills is a great place.  There are also deer, fox and although  
I have not seen one Mountain Lion.  You can also walk over to the Don  
Edwards Game Refuge.  There are some early Ohlone/Coastanoan grinding  
rocks.  I suspect they are for sermonical in purpose because there  
are no Oak trees or water where they are locate.

Don,
Fremont


On Nov 13, 2007, at 10:28 AM, Ken S. wrote:

> I birded the Coyote Hills Regional Park in Alameda Co. today  
> (11/12).  I parked near the intersection of Paseo Padre Parkway and  
> Patterson Ranch Road and walked a 7-mile loop that included the  
> Tuibun trail, Chochenyo trail, D.U.S.T. trail, Alameda Creek trail,  
> Bayview Trail and Nike trail.  I got to the park a bit before  
> sunrise and first heard a GREAT HORNED OWL calling near the entry  
> kiosk.  A foraging BARN OWL and SHORT-EARED OWL were seen over the  
> field that is west of the entry kiosk.  The numbers and diversity  
> of diurnal raptors at this park always amaze me - in addition to  
> several each of RED-TAILED HAWK, NORTHERN HARRIER and WHITE-TAILED  
> KITE, including a beautiful rufous morph red-tail that likes to  
> hang out near the visitor center, I also saw a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK,  
> MERLIN, PEREGRINE FALCON, and a juvenile/immature GOLDEN EAGLE in  
> the hills west of the visitor center.  Several raptor-like birds (a  
> pair of TURKEY VULTURES and a LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE hunting along the  
> Alameda Co. Flood Control Channel) were also noted.  At times, it  
> seemed like every available snag and telephone pole had a raptor  
> perched on it!
> Ken Schneider, Redwood City