The Ripley Rufous was feeding actively at both 12:30 and 12:50 today.
Incredibly, during the first appearance, two people walked up and stood directly in
front of the feeder, talking and laughing. One even reached out with a stick
to shoo away a Mourning Dove perched in the feeder tree!!!
Walking by the Smithsonian Castle about an hour later, an adult Cooper's Hawk
was circling directly overhead.
Stephen Jones
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