Date: 3/4/26 9:15 am From: Kirsten Holmquist via groups.io <kirsten.holmquist...> Subject: [southbaybirds] Raptors at Sunnyvale Baylands
It was actually a good morning for raptors generally today. A MERLIN was hanging out at the main playground. An adult COOPER'S HAWK has been hunting around the boardwalk for a few days and is likely a good part of the reason why the WILSON'S SNIPE have been absent for that time. On Monday, I saw a number panic fly away as the hawk hunted over the marsh around the boardwalk.
The usual pair of AMERICAN KESTRELS were strung out behind the marsh fencing. Meanwhile, a WHITE-TAILED KITE was busy trying to bother a pair of COMMON RAVENS away farther out.
A RED-SHOULDERED HAWK has seemed interested in setting up house behind the Indian Grass area. It has been very vocal in the mornings.
In more ambiguous feeling news, a pair of AMERICAN CROWS was carrying nesting material into a tree in the neighborhood of the Burrowing Owl area.
Enjoy,
Kirsten
> On 03/04/2026 8:25 AM PST KIRSTEN HOLMQUIST <kirsten.holmquist...> wrote:
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> Good morning,
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> I was walking at Sunnyvale Baylands this morning and saw the ducks fly up and bug out of the seasonal wetlands. I looked around and realized a pair of adult BALD EAGLES was flying overhead!
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> Enjoy,
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> Kirsten Holmquist
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