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04 May

Indeed @RON, in all its guts and glory Thanks

Yes?

They went at it hard and ended up in a heap on the ground. They both took a minute then up to the fence. She called madly and the other took advantage, flying off, into the nest, and off with one of the chicks (I'll spare you the pictures). I had enough at that point, so went home to have a beer...

The interloper dove down, knocked her from her perch and they plunged down into the tree, landing further down with a loud THUMP

I looked around and spotted the source of her agitation -- another larger red shoulder not far from her nest

As I was leaving, I spotted her in the silk floss tree, still vocalizing and scanning all around nervously

Well, the second day is over and it was not without its bird excitement. All day the mother hawk was flying back and forth from tree to tree, squawking loudly. We thought she was having mockingbird issues again, but they weren't to be seen.