We have had a hawk in the yard for the past 15 minutes (maybe longer--I was out). When I came home it was sitting on the wire in front of our yard with a whole squadron of tree swallows circling above it, but not tweaking it this time. I got great looks at it--it has a mustache, barring on the longish tail, brown vertical streaks, a dark slate back, a faint white eyebrow. Between robin and crow size. Feel free to weigh in on the id. I have some guesses, but I'd love to hear what others say. I know--difficult without a photo.
This is our most aggressive batch of tree swallows ever. Forget monitoring the boxes. They escorted a blue jay through the yard today, and harrassed a grackle out of the territory. Their numbers seem to have doubled so at least one or more of our three active boxes must have fledged. They are still feeding some in two boxes, not that they'll let me look. Today's lesson appears to be "how to mob correctly."
Julia
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