By: Patricia

Patricia — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:21:47 +0000

For the past several years, a pair of white tailed kites have nested in the redwoods across the street from our Pleasanton home. I once saw them meet in mid-air over the street as one of them returned from a hunt with a snake dangling from it’s claws. They exchanged the snake in mid-air! Last week, I saw the courtship flying above a nearby court and then they roosted at the top of some tall trees down the street. But now I hear them calling from the redwoods again. I’ve never spotted the young ones, but I keep hoping. My only fear is that the house with the redwoods is about to go on the market and I worry the new owners will want to cut the redwoods down.

By: Clara Meskauskas

Clara Meskauskas — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 23:56:11 +0000

Hi Marina and Gary,
I was so surprised to see your posts today. I had been searching on the web to identify a wonderful pair of birds that have just shown up today on our back hill. Turns out they are White Tailed Kites! They were doing courtship flying, playing with each other in mid air. We are in hopes that the pair will nest in a huge pine tree we have on our back slope.
We’re in Crockett.

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