[EBB Sightings] Black Rail at Coyote Hills

Peggy and I went to Coyote Hills this afternoon; she had never visited  
the park before, and I wanted to try for a few of the rarities.  We  
struck out on most of them, except that the BLACK RAIL called for a  
bit around 6:58 pm, just as the ranger was getting ready to be  
impatient with us!  From our total of 66 species, other interesting  
sightings included a GOLDEN EAGLE being harassed by a WHITE-TAILED  
KITE (this was in the sky, likely east of the park by a bit), two  
WHITE-TAILED KITES involved in a mid-air food exchange (is this a  
courtship behavior?), and a HOUSE WREN and an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER  
in the Butterfly Garden.

Good birding,

Jennifer Rycenga
Half Moon Bay, CA