[SBB] Raptors continue at HMB

[Paul Bridges <[[email protected]]>]

Sunday afternoon (3-4PM) I checked out the fields at the end of Filbert 
St. and the raptors are still fairly abundant. Three RED-TAILED hawks 
chased each other around, calling and feeding, and one perched in a tiny 
tree by the trail for some time, another on the fence. At least one was 
an adult and one was a juvenile.  I saw at least two NORTHERN HARRIER 
juveniles, possibly a third (hard to keep track). At least four juvenile 
WHITE-TAILED KITES were present.  All these birds were feeding in the 
fields at one time or other.  This area made for good photography.

I then visited the end of Wavecrest and saw three RED-TAILED hawks both 
soaring and perched.  Walking out to the nearby airstrip, I counted 35 
WHITE-TAILED KITES about, with half of them in the trees to the north 
(Cypress, I think), most of them juveniles.  A RED-SHOULDERED hawk was 
heard calling from the same trees twice, but not seen.  About a dozen 
BROWN PELICAN in two groups flew northward over the water.  Although the 
kites were a visual treat, they were mostly more distant and I think 
more skittish than at Filbert St.





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