All About Birds

Park walks offers glimpse at majestic birds

Red-tailed hawk? Check. Red-shouldered hawk? Check. Northern Harrier Hawks? Check. Check. Check.

And one bald eagle.

Check.

East Bay Regional Park Naturalist Mike Moran and a group of bird watchers counted 18 raptors on a Jan. 26 bird walk on Oakley's Big Break Trail. The eagle, a juvenile so huge the group decided he couldn't be anything else, was the reluctant star of the show.

"The Big Guy," as they came to know him, remained statue-still for the entire walk. Moran and the more experienced birders waited for smaller birds to fly by for comparison. A few hawks obliged, giving the group of a dozen bird watchers confirmation that this was one very big bird.

The bird walk was one of many the East Bay Regional Park District offers throughout the East Bay. The walks, offered every Thursday and Sunday at various locations, are open to anyone, and bird watchers often hail from various cities throughout the Bay Area.

In the end, during the recent two-and-a-half hour Big Break walk, it was the bald eagle's comparative size that convinced naturalist Moran to count it among the raptor sightings. That makes three bald eagle sightings this year in the area. For bird novices and experienced bird-watchers, such a sighting is akin to the swish of making a basket with nothing but net.

Source: San Jose Mercury News

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