Early in the summer I put out a new bird feeder and perhaps coincidentally a few minutes later about 15-20 large birds flew into a big tree across the street overlooking my garden. They perched for about half an hour and then flew together south and disappeared from my view. With my new binoculars (and new interest in birding, thank you Nick Djunic for the beginner course at Seward Park Audubon) I could see they were Cooper’s Hawks. I learned there are many active nests in the Leschi area and...