heard the crows going off, looked out the window, and saw a largish hawk in the tree branches just outside my office! I want to say it was a Cooper's, because I know they were nesting here last summer, but it seemed a little big for a Cooper's. it moved to another branch farther down the row of apartments, then to a branch in an evergreen where it had cover from the mob--and where I also couldn't see it any more.
hmm... looking at pictures, I'm now pretty sure it *wasn't* a Cooper's; it didn't have stripes on the tail, it had a more or less solid rusty red tail. and no, it wasn't a redtail hawk, it was *far* too large... I think! lemme check.
oooh, no, I'm completely wrong here--*female* red-tail hawks are up to 25% larger than males, and can be larger than crows! so that was almost certainly a female, possibly scouting for nesting territory! :D that would be *so awesome* eeeeee
I'm pretty sure she (or another hawk) has been hanging around quite a bit in the last week or so, too--I've caught glimpses of hawks several times, and heard them, and heard the crows mobbing them; they could all be the same hawk, and could all be her. I'm probably being overly optimistic, but--fingers crossed! :D
