On Veterans Day, I was sitting at my kitchen window with a delicious mug of freshly brewed coffee, a comfortable seat and freshly washed windows to look through. All I needed to do was wait and watch.

DEAR JOAN: The last week or so, a hawk has been hunting the squirrels in our backyard in Walnut Creek. The hawk stalks them, flushes them out of the bushes and attacks from low altitude, so far with ...

Looking at our backyard bird feeding station on a sunny Saturday afternoon, there was not a bird in sight. What’s going on? It didn’t take me long to spot the issue. A sharp-shinned hawk was perched ...

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