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Bird Alert - September 10, 2007
There were relatively few migrants in the coastal areas this past
weekend. A very few warblers (Canada, Black and White, Yellow,
Northern Waterthrush and a Prairie), a few Empids, a fair number of
Great-crested Flycatchers, and one Olive-sided Flycatcher (at the
Willows at Sea Rim) on Sunday. Hummingbird migration is in full swing.
Perhaps the most interesting birds of the weekend were a pair of second year White-tailed Hawks on power poles going to the ranch/hunting camp to the west of the H&B Ranch along Highway 87 just east of Sea Rim SP Headquarters. A little further west one of the local Crested Caracaras spent most of the morning perched on some pilings.
In west Jefferson county, an adult Red-tailed Hawk was on League Road already working on reducing the rat population. A female Northern Harrier was in the same area, and seen from Heisig Road.
John A. Whittle
