Or perhaps an adult Cooper's Hawk? We have had them as regular bathers at times, and Ed Deal, the Seattle Cooper's wizard, tells me Cooper's in general are ready bathers.

Bob

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> On Jul 23, 2019, at 2:25 PM, Marcia Ian <gnudle at icloud.com> wrote:

>

> A few weeks ago, I saw and got a pic of a barred owl standing in our most popular birdbath. Today I glanced out and saw a large hawk standing there in the bath. Didn't get a pic in time... but it had an unmistakably fully orangey red breast. It leapt from the bath to a large rock amidst the shrubs, then flew off into the trees. Could it have been a red-shouldered hawk?

>

> Marcia Ian

> Bham

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