A beautifully marked red-shouldered hawk spent most of this morning in several places in my front yard, always low in the trees. None of the birds nearby paid any attention to it, except two blue jays who harassed it for five minutes. It's interesting that all the winter birds here know this bird is no harm, but the yard will be bare of birds if a sharp-shinned hawk shows up. Carl Nollen, s.e. Polk County
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