About noon today I spotted the Coopers Hawk perched just above one of 
the backyard suet feeders while 2 squirrels busily made short work of 
the food. Other squirrels were ground feeding  at other feeders, while a 
mixed group of 3 cardinals, sparrows, house finches and juncos stayed 
together in the lilac bush against the house only about 30 feet away. 
The hawk swooped toward the house but veered off, bird-less.The birds 
didn't budge. (Too bad he didn't chase the squirrels....)Nancy Goodrich, 
Burlington