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All,

Apologies for the tardy posting...I am not yet set up to post from home.

On Wednesday, Feb. 19, at 3:05 PM, an immature Golden Eagle flew eastward
over Hidden Villa, roughly along the line of Page Mill Road. The bird was
easily ID'd as a youngster by the bold white patches in the center of its
wings and broad whitish band at the base of its tail. Other Goldens I've
seen there (including 2 together in mid-December) have always been adults.

At about 4PM on that day, while walking along the summit trail along Elephant Mountain
(on HV's Hostel Trail), a Pacific-race MERLIN flew over just 20 ft. away,
headed north (back to Stanford?) During this late-afternoon circuit,
relatively few birds were encountered overall, but 4 California Thrashers
were welcome finds, the last of these responding to pishing over chaparral
with a low, froglike croaking I'd not heard from a thrasher before. A total
of 59 Common Ravens followed the line of the Black Mountain Trail out of
Rancho San Antonio during the interval between 4-5:15PM. There were 19
Varied Thrushes, but fewer than 10 Robins, despite the amazing profusion
observed here last week. Sure enough, the Toyon berries are now stripped
clean from the hillsides of Hidden Villa.

On Thurs., 2/20, I had excellent views of a "light" adult Ferruginous Hawk
over Alpine Rd. abour 1/2 mile east of its intersection with Portola St.
Park Rd. at about 4PM. This is about 3 miles into San Mateo County, but I
mention it because I glimpsed a similar-looking large buteo over Foothills
Park on Friday afternoon at about the same time.

--Garth Harwood
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