Today we walked to the Eucalyptus Rest Area and back on the Coyote Creek trail. It was foggy for nearly the entire 3 1/2 hours we were walking.
The exciting news is that we saw one of the Redtail Hawks on the nest from last year, nearest the model plane airfield, in the large sycamore tree. This appeared to be the larger female hawk(Yoko) who was in the nest, as there was a smaller Redtail (John) on a nearby tree. She took leaves out of the nest as she flew out and dropped them. On our return trip, she was back on the nest. This is the first time we have seen one of them actually in or on the nest so far this season, although the couple has been regularly lurking in nearby trees for the last 2 weeks. It was a really poor day for photography, but I did get a shot of Yoko on the nest for record keeping purposes.
In the past week we have also seen a very large Redtail on the tree where there was a second nest last year - the one more hidden and closer to where the freeway crosses the trail. The female that nested there last year was also very large and we are hoping that this is the same hawk coming back to reuse her nest. Strangely, we usually only ever saw one parent near this other nest through the whole of last season.
We are also seeing a singleton or pair of Kestrels on a very regular basis in the sycamore directly opposite of the airfield parking lot "blue house". They may also be preparing to nest as they are regularly harassing any Redtail Hawks that fly into that area. Today we saw the female.
Near the Ogier ponds we saw our first Kildeer pair of the season running around in the grass together, and also our first Tree Swallows flying around over the ponds. Some of the trees that made up the Tree Swallow nest habitat were destroyed in the recent storms, so they will need to work on creating some new nests.
In the past week we have also seen a very large Redtail on the tree where there was a second nest last year - the one more hidden and closer to where the freeway crosses the trail. The female that nested there last year was also very large and we are hoping that this is the same hawk coming back to reuse her nest. Strangely, we usually only ever saw one parent near this other nest through the whole of last season.
We are also seeing a singleton or pair of Kestrels on a very regular basis in the sycamore directly opposite of the airfield parking lot "blue house". They may also be preparing to nest as they are regularly harassing any Redtail Hawks that fly into that area. Today we saw the female.
Near the Ogier ponds we saw our first Kildeer pair of the season running around in the grass together, and also our first Tree Swallows flying around over the ponds. Some of the trees that made up the Tree Swallow nest habitat were destroyed in the recent storms, so they will need to work on creating some new nests.
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