I even stopped looking up in their favorite spots. The most talkative of the raptors and I have not heard one in a while. Actually I didn’t hear this one either.

Red Shoulders sit up top of the Cypress in the shallow swamps here. Several nest on the edges of our local rookery. Since it’s almost November they might be poking around looking for a good nest spot. It starts early here.

Red-shouldered Hawk, thanks to a fortuitous glance up.