So, do Sharpies nest in Maryland? I am wondering whether the one
that has been hunting near my bird feeder for the past several weeks
is planning on staying. It's a young bird but I notice that its eyes are
no longer a clear lemon yellow, but more of a yellow-orange, and
it is getting gray feathers on its back. I wonder if it is at the age where
hawks think about housekeeping.

Of course, it perched right outside the window this afternoon, shortly
after I removed the camera's batteries to recharge them. I'd like to
get a photo of it swooping around the trees.

--Pat

Pat Valdata, Elkton, MD | 
"The natural function of the wing is to soar upwards
and carry that which is heavy up to the place where dwells the race of gods.
More than any other thing that pertains to the body
it partakes of the nature of the divine." --Plato