At 11:30 this morning, I found 2 Red-shouldered Hawks calling and soaring 
over my yard, soon to be joined by a Red-tailed Hawk.  One of the 
Red-shouldered drifted away but the remaining one and the Red Tailed took 
turns strafing each other with talons extended.  The Red-shouldered hawks 
were not a surprise because two have been here most of the winter.

Two minutes later, a third Red-shouldered flew over.  A short walk down the 
road produced 3 more Red-shouldered and one more Red-tailed.

Continuing the morning walk and about 1/4 mile down the road, crows flushed 
a Cooper's Hawk and then another Red-tailed sailed into view.

Withing a span of 10 minutes, I had 6 Red-shouldered, 3 Red-tailed and 1 
Cooper's.  And no, they were not just circling around for me to count again 
and again.  ;-)
Possibly signs of northward migration?
Jim Wilson
Queenstown