Calmer day

Breezy warm, sunny.  A calmer and quieter day.  Still got up early to get ready for the breakfast crowd.  And I had the hawks out until lunch.   The rest of the day was setting up for misting the other hawks, flying the hawks periodically around the pool.  One time a bird was scolding the hawk in the tree,  It is a loggerhead shrike, mocking bird appearance and mannerisms, but with a raspy call and the distinctive black cap and mark of it's eye.  I flew the hawks until they moved back to the cabana.  Usually meaning they want a bath.  I set them down and sure enough, they hopped right into their bathpans.  The evening flights were done around the pool until sundown (and winds got a bit too strong).  Then a walk was done across the river to the areas where the backbirds had moved to last year.  No sign of them roosting there either, likely they have moved inland or further south.  Cold fronts up north have not really started, to push birds south, so another group may show up in the later weeks ahead.  The walk was pleasant on a breezy warm night.