Susan

There are Red-shouldered Hawks in my neighborhood, an older section of West Los Angeles near a golf course. Every hawk call leads to me jumping outside with my Nikon Coolpix P950 camera.  Recently I got a very poor shot of one with some wing feathers missing, likely a normal molt, which surprised me. I have now seen this bird many times perching on the highest point nearby, sometimes circling with as many as three others, and named her Wingy. The first shot was taken on 2/18 as she was calling loudly. A few days later I caught this probable mating attempt, and the following photo shows the defect in her wing, demonstrating that it was Wingy.

My "gateway" birds were Anna's and Allen's hummingbirds.  In Los Angeles we see hummers all year. I realized they will come if you put out a feeder or plant appropriate flowers. They love the pentas I have planted in my yard. They do spend a lot of time resting and make great bird portraits.