This morning I saw an adult male Rufous Hummingbird in my backyard feeding
at the Pride of Madeira blossoms. This is my first sighting this
year.
I was also awakened at 7 AM by the raucous cawing of 5-6 crows.
Thinking that they were probably mobbing a hawk in the Cypress tree, I got up
and took a look. sure enough, an immature Cooper's Hawk was feeding on one
of the branches of the tree. The hapless prey turned out to be either a
Brewer's or Red-winged Blackbird. Too bad it didn't catch one of the two
Brown-headed Cowbirds stuffing themselves at the feeder.
