Well, a few days later in the same place, the crows alerted me again to a Broad-winged Hawk. Then, as I observed it, a second one flew into an adjacent tree! Here they are below.
The crows were adamant to chase them off and there was quite an aerial display! I managed to get the following action shots before both hawks flew off with the crows in pursuit:
I keep returning to the area (not much choice with the pandemic directives these days) but have never seen them since (as of two weeks now).
On a sad note (for me that is), the Cooper's Hawks from my previous post seem to have moved away without raising any young. I was seeing them every day that I went looking and now it has been six days with no sightings. I've checked the nest and it seems abandoned. It has left me feeling bereft. I think my emotions are very much on the surface these days with all the tragedy related to COVID-19 and sadness is a default frame of mind ...
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