Rural Gardening: How worried should I be about hawks?, 1 by Badseed

Badseed wrote:
Hello Eufaula!

I know for sure we have a red shouldered hawk. He is the resident, named Ethan. I have pictures of him somewhere. He is always here and he does indeed fight with other birds. We see him swoop down and pick off mice, moles, snakes....

I won't swear about what was circling yesterday. They are not as big as the buzzards/vultures-those I see eating dead animals on the road. The ones circling had black and white underneath their wings and/or gray. I'll have to get pictures.

There are some ugly pea headed birds that I think nest in a tree on one side of the property. Those could be the buzzards/vultures! I guess I have New World Vultures according to this?? http://vulturesociety.homestead.com/TVFacts.html Those are not what was circling yesterday. More about turkey vultures-says youngsters are black and silver. http://www.raptorrehab.org/new/tv.htm I guess in bright sun and only seeing them from the bottom, I could have those.

Here is a picture of Ethan. We see him year round.