I saw a black & white warbler, I think, a male) in my yard / ravine - River Heights n. of Iowa City Sept 1. I used two books to help confirm it, but I'm not your expert. I thought I had seen one a few weeks ago, but not sure. This time I was outside while it jumped around a big tree trunk, from limb to limb, and I was within 8 feet of it for a few minutes. I've hesitated to report it, since I am just a learner. But decided to take a chance. Books I looked at: Petersons 1980 Field Guide to Birds East of the Rockies, pp 232-233; Sibley's Guide to Birds, 2000 (2001), p446; Robbins, Brunn, & Zim 1966, A Guide to Field Identification: Birds of North America, pp 251-253; & Smithsonian's Field Guide to Birds of North America, pg 398. the same day, still sitting at my computer where I look out to the back and side of the house into my slightly woodsy ravine, I saw what appeared to be a Cooper's Hawk swoop past, then land on a limb where I observed him several minutes. He was grayish, more like an adult than juvenile, had the 3 dark bands on the tail that ended with rounded white tips; had a smallish head that he lifted/twisted occasionally, exposing more of his faintly rust-colored front bib (see pg 121 of Smithsonian's Field Guide to Birds of North America. I see a lot of other birds that are more familiar to me. Gail McLure
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