[EBB Sightings] Byron Airport

Folks:

After "smewzing" in Soulsbyville this morning, 1/29/07, with a 
well-know duck, I stopped by the Short-eared Owl area near the Byron 
Airport around noon.  This is a bad time of day for Short-eareds, 
when there is no fog (or the microtus yield has been good).  Lots of 
neat grasslands along Holey and Byron Hot Springs roads, but I spent 
most of my time on the airport entrance road (Falcon Road?).  There 
are cattails here and at least 3 Northern Harriers were foraging back 
and forth.  I thought I would wait to see if they would disturb an 
owl, but that did not happen.  But while watching this show, a 
1st-winter SWAINSON'S HAWK flew over, heading north.  This would seem 
to be an early migrant (unless one of the delta birds).

Bill
Menlo Park