Cooper's Hawk!

I just had an adult Cooper's Hawk fly across the backyard! Normally I wouldn't get very excited over a Cooper's, but it's a long overdue addition to the yard list. In fact it's almost ridiculous that it took me this long to get such a common migrant. Embarrassing really.

With the addition of Cooper's Hawk my yard list now stands at 123 species. Other birds in our yard this morning included Ruby-throated Hummingbirds at the flowers, and a Red-eyed Vireo that was plucking the red seeds from a magnolia fruit.