[EBB Sightings] Raptors of the Day

We had one happy GGAS member and three cheery leaders on today's Lake 
Merritt walk. Most of the migrants are gone, but the cormorant nests are 
still in full swing and the Great Egrets, Snowy Egrets, and 
Black-crowned Night Herons are just beginning to taper off.

But the day's big treat was the raptor count - Cooper's Hawk and 
Red-shouldered Hawk, and two Peregrines. The latter spent a lot of time 
in the neighborhood of the Nature Center and the Garden Club garden, so 
we got really good views, including the black hoods. Be pleasant if that 
turned into a nesting territory, and it certainly has hot and cold 
running pigeons at all hours of the day and night....

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