Four Red-shouldered Hawks
In a different part of the neighborhood, four Red-shouldered Hawks circled and cried kee-yer, kee-yer and sometimes a more agitated, faster, choppy kyer, kyer, kyer. They seemed to be contesting territory in a wide band of woods along a creek – right around the area where Broad-winged Hawks nested last summer.
Against the clear blue sky, the ruddy chest, and rich brown back and even the red shoulders of the hawks glowed in the sun as they climbed, dived, wheeled, soared fast and chased one another, wings spread wide and tails fanned out with dark and white bands prominent.