Yesterday, fortuitously, I glanced out to the backyard just as a large-ish bird swooped across and over the tops of the trees. My very momentary glimpse was that of a brown bird, not dark brown, more medium brown, and somewhat large. Bigger than a robin. Not as big as a large hawk. Definitely brown. No defining white rump patch, as in a Northern Harrier. We studied our Sibley's and decided it might have been an immature sharp-shinned hawk. Since we saw one of those earlier this summer, it would make sense. Speaking of sense, though, my sense was that it was bigger than a sharp-shinned hawk. But what else could it be? One of those questions that may never be answered.
Clearly it was a hawk/predator of some kind. Not one bird in the yard to be seen or heard.
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