Hawk
I forgot to mention the sub-adult Cooper’s Hawk that was in the yard on Sunday. It caught something that was hiding in the thicket where its […] conspecific found the House Sparrow two days later.
The yard squirrels seem to ignore these predators—not adaptive I think, as a desperate Cooper’s might opt for larger prey—some coming within a foot or two of hawks that have landed in on the ground.
On Sunday, one squirrel went a step further and ran up to the Cooper’s, chasing it from the rock it was was standing on eating its catch (which I never did identify).
Flycatcher
An Eastern Phoebe was a brief visitor on Sunday. It landed on one of next door’s Silver Maple branches that overhang the yard. Good to have species diversity in the garden.