[SBB] Quicksilver Park/ Mockingbird Hill entrance

[Janna Pauser <[[email protected]]>]

I birded a short time in Quicksilver Co. Park at the Mockingbird Hill 
entrance at noon today. I immediately heard loud whistling calls 
nearby and couldn't imagine what I was going to find. A short way up 
the New Almaden trail were two juvenile Coopers Hawks. One was on the 
ground right at my feet and flew into the tree with a small rodent. 
The smaller perched juvenile never saw me and continued to call. They 
were stunning with sparse fine dark brown streaks on their breast and 
belly. I kept looking at the smaller hawks eyes which were a pale 
blue green. Their nest was right over the trail, the same location 
I've seen in previous years.

I walked to the other side of the parking lot and found a male Blue 
gray Gnatcatcher in a Live Oak tree. I took the Viryl Norton trail a 
short distance finding two Red tailed Hawk juveniles perched in a 
large oak tree also calling. These two juveniles were beautiful with 
a creamy breast and very bold dark striped belly band. They flew 
overhead one after the other but one more was calling from the tree. 
I didn't find it but watched the two juveniles flying over the hills 
with an adult flying above. Walking back to the car a high flying Red 
shouldered Hawk was seen and heard. Other than the hawks the birds 
were pretty scarce today.

Janna Pauser Almaden area


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