Hi all,
 
 Yesterday I took my wife to the yarn shop in Catonsville.  After I dropped her off, and I was headed back toward Mellor Ave., I saw a bird perched in a tree on a side street.    When I first saw it, I thought it was an owl, but as I neared it and stopped, I realized it was a hawk.  I drove up beside it and stopped.  
 I wondered which hawk it was.  I noticed that his wings were speckled with white on the edges, and there was no white on his back.  His chest was red and his tail was striped.  I thought, "Red-shouldered", so I went and got my wife from the yarn shop as I knew she hadn't seen a Red-shouldered this year.
 
 We went back and watched the hawk for a couple of minutes until he flew off.  We both agreed that it was a Red-shouldered, as we even saw his red shoulder.  We also agreed that if he'd been a Red-tail, he would have been spooked before we had gotten this close to him.  We were no more than 10 feet away for where he was perched.
 
 After this, I took my wife back to the yarn shop and I went to Record and Tape Traders, where I bought 4 Paul McCartney CD's.
 
 Good birding,
 Richard
 
 
Richard L. Wood, Ph. D. 
 Computational Chemist
 Cockeysville, MD 21030