About noon today, I heard a rush of wings at the feeders behind the house, then a "e-e-ew, e-e-ew". A quick look revealed a Cooper's Hawk perched on the back of a patio chair. Naturally, I had just put my camera away, and by the time I got it out again, the hawk was gone. I checked the feeders at the side of the house just in time to see the hawk fly away towards the road. A day earlier, Shirley had seen what she thought was a Cooper's on the phone wires near the house. Might have been the same bird. Might see it again, but it may be hungry since we detected no victims. A possible victim in the near future may be a redpoll all puffed up and not showing any inclination the take evasive action every 30 seconds or so. Got to clean up the feeding area, per Wesley's suggestion. Bill McAneny, TBurg
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