This afternoon, I was scanning for migrating raptors from the upper deck of home in Redwood Shores. There were the usually local Red-tailed Hawks, Red-shouldered Hawk andCooper's Hawk. I spotted a compact hawk being harassed by an American Crow high over Oracle. Slightly smaller than the crow. With my scope, I had good views of a light morphimmature Broad-winged Hawk. There are a number of spring records in San Mateo County beginning in late April, as the migrant Broad-winged Hawks move up the peninsula.Earlier at Coyote Point County Park, there was a female Summer Tanager in the grove of Eucalyptus Trees between the Captain's House and the shooting range. The only othermigrants at Coyote Pt. were a Swainson's Thrush, ( 30 ) Cedar Waxwings and ( 2 ) Western Tanagers. The number of migrants have been low at Coyote Pt. this spring. Yesterday,Leonie and I noted our fourth spring migrant of a Orange-crowned Warbler ( gray-headed ) in Redwood Shores. I do not often note ( gray-headed ) during spring migration.
Ron Thorn, Leonie Batkin
