One of a half dozen jays

I was home this afternoon working, checking the birds from time to

time. I saw a usual crowd of snowbirds (juncos), plus a half-dozen

blue jays of which pack this guy was a part. There was one solitary

yellow spotted white-throated sparrow. And a hawk. (I don't know my

hawks at all well so I'm not sure what he was. When I raised my

camera, even though he was back on to me, he decided to take off, so

all I got was a blurry picture of him. When first I had glanced at

him, though, I saw his speckled chest and my first thought was that he

was a flicker; based on that I think he was probably sharp-shinned.)