Red-shouldered Hawk

I happened to look out my back window at the right moment last weekend and caught this Red-shouldered Hawk sitting on the privacy fence, directly in front of a bird feeder. I don't know if the hawk was watching the birds or our bunny that was in his playpen out back. Just in case, we brought the bunny inside as soon as the hawk left.

BTW, I believe I incorrectly identified the hawk in my last post as a Cooper's Hawk. I've now decided that it's this same bird.

Lots of hawks visiting lately

I don't know if they're just passing through or are watching my birds and bunny, but we're seeing an awful lot of hawks lately. This was a pretty large Cooper's Hawk. There was a squirrel on the limb below that I was afraid the hawk was going to go after but it didn't. That squirrel doesn't know how lucky it was!