Hi all

A week ago, I looked out of the window of my office at the church and I saw 
an immature Red-shouldered Hawk perched on a power line in the neighbor's 
back yard. Then, the following day, I saw the bird again, this time perched 
with its wings hanging in a half-outstretched drooping position. I wondered 
whether it was trying to dissipate heat on that hot afternoon. A day or so 
later, I saw it flying through the neighbor's back yard, swooping (to catch 
something?) and landing in a lower bush. This morning, as I left the office 
for a meeting, I saw it in a secluded  alley munching on something or other. 
It flushed as I drove by. Of course, I didn't get an adequate look to ensure 
that these were four sightings of the same individual, but that seems likely 
since this was the first RSHA I've seen out of the office window in many 
years. (I've seen one or two circling above the church in the 19 years I've 
been here, but never one getting down on my level.)

I hope that the hawk likes the neighborhood enough to come back, and maybe 
settle here.


Don Burggraf
Baltimore


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