[EBB Sightings] Prairie Falcon Continues at Coyote Hills Regional Park

At 12:45 p.m., after my husband and I left the park and following a  
very brief scan, I spotted the Prairie Falcon hunting over the field  
south of the Patterson Ranch Road entrance to the park and west of  
Paseo Padre Parkway (in the same general area where the bird was  
observed initially by Stephanie Floyd and subsequently by Stephanie  
again and others). The falcon landed on a short post at the base of  
the electrical tower closest to the intersection of Kaiser and Paseo  
Padre, near where we were standing. It then took off and headed  
steadily south, flying low. I was able to follow the bird in the  
scope, which allowed a good views of the key characteristics.

Just earlier, within the park, we saw the following in the butterfly  
garden: a Fox Sparrow, a Swainson's Thrush, a Warbling Vireo, a  
Winter Wren, and several Golden-crowned Sparrows mixing with the  
White-crowned.

Outside the garden to the north, I looked for the Black-and-white  
Warbler in the oak trees. I did not find it but did see a Black- 
throated Gray Warbler, a Townsend's Warbler, a Ruby-crowned Kinglet,  
and a Yellow Warbler. On the ground, near the base of the hill, was a  
Hermit Thrush.

Judith Dunham
Berkeley