Hawk Visitor

Yesterday early evening, sitting at our window, I happened to glance up in time to see a fanned tail with horizontal bars of light brown and white and a spruce branch waving up and down as a bird landed on it. Our sharp-shinned hawk is back. We have seen him about half a dozen times in the past two weeks. We also have had a couple flyovers of Northern Harriers.

We watched our golden-crowned kinglet bathe in the early morning. Later two Myrtle Warblers were there, along with about 6-7 pine siskins. And another batch of gray jay immatures are coming in to drink and bathe.

Our guests include a two-and-a-half year old. She is identifying gray jays, puffins, nuthatches and chickadees. She claims to have seen a humming bird out the window. I was impressed that she even knew about them. A new birder in the family!