Corralitas Drive: Squirrels Are Much Quieter Since Hawks Hunting Regularly

Photo: Diane Edwardson, July 14, 2011.  Yesterday, I caught sight of a squirrel quietly eating native Blue Elderberries on Corralitas Drive.  (Click on photo to enlarge.) The squirrels used to be much noisier a few weeks ago, before the Red Tailed Hawk fledglings left the nest.  The squirrels chattered incessantly throughout the neighborhood.  The Red Tail parents have been seen feeding the