[EBB Sightings] Swainson's Hawks & smaller birds - ALA

Hi birders,

Early this afternoon, I saw  at least three, and possibly four, SWAINSON'S 
HAWKS in far eastern Alameda  County.  I had the first bird (light morph) on 
Mountain House Rd. just  after turning off of Grant Line Rd.  It was harassing a 
sub-adult Golden  Eagle.  The eagle appeared unconcerned.  Later I had another 
light  morph near the intersection of Lindeman & Herndlyn (just inside the 
county  line), and one at the intersection of Lindeman & Byron Highway (these 
two  may have been the same bird).   More than an hour after my first  
encounter, returning to Mountain House Rd., I saw an intermediate/dark morph  SWHA.

Later in the day, I had my fos HOUSE WREN (singing) and BULLOCK'S  ORIOLE 
(chattering) at Sunol Regional Park, close to the bridge near the  visitors' 
center.  Also of note, there was a Red-shouldered Hawk sitting on  the nest 
adjacent to the bridge (they have nested in this location -- on and  off, I think -- 
for several years).

Kathy Robertson
Hayward, CA  




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