A red shouldered hawk fledgling has been screaming just outside all afternoon

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3. We've been watching the red shouldered hawks on this property for over forty years

They used to hang around with the fledglings just outside the barns in the morning. When we walk in to feed the horses, the wrens and mice would go out and the hawks would get meals.

When my bird feeders and bird baths are set up, the hawks will hang out in the oak tree where the fledgling is now and stoop on the birds at the feeder or bird bath. It's pretty startling to have a hawk swoop down that close to the window!

I got shots of the nest in a live oak just a bit farther away - I'm not sure if it is a hawk or a squirrel nest. I just wish the red shoulder hawks were big enough to reduce the squirrel population a bit more.