It's been a very slow summer for birds (as most summers are). I put the feeders up on Monday (10/20/14) but have not had much traffic yet. I'd like to possibly keep feeding all summer next year, just to see if we get any fall migrants through here.
On Monday night Mike saw a hawk in our yard. It seemed almost tame; it was in no hurry to fly away. I looked at it with binoculars and it was a red-shouldered hawk, which is considered uncommon in our area. I got a beautiful look at it. I had marked it on my life list last year after seeing one in the neighbors' yard across the street, but was only about 80% sure about it. This makes it a definite for me.
I will try to do better at documenting now that fall has arrived and the birding should be better.
