While it is difficult to tell from the limited info, I would guess a Juvenile Sharp Shinned Hawk. Looks like an accipter Hawk with the feet and tail. I'm assuming that is a standard patio chair, which would be about 24" wide. That would make the Hawk about 12". I agree the eyebar makes it look like a Goshawk, but I don't think its close to being big enough, 20-24"

Robin, The second bird is a male Yellow Rumped Warbler 100% sure. I love all of our warblers so very much. Here where I live I have many species that nest in the woods,fencerows,etc behind me. The Yellow is spectacular and the Prothonotary..well Wow!!!! is all you say when you see one. No other country on Earth is as blessed with so many cool birds as we are here in the United States and the warblers of North American are a very special part of that group indeed. Great pictures of one of our most common warblers...Mike

Claire, It was lovely here today as well, up into the mid-50's. I went for a walk near one of the oxbow ponds and although the water still had ice on about half of the surface, the birds were enjoying the entire area. Ravens and gulls walking on the ice, geese, ducks, and 2 kinds of mergansers in the water, and chickadees and a mockingbird in the shrubs on the margins. There was also an eagle overhead, but I didn't have a camera with me. Do you put the lawn dragon in the same spot each season or does he migrate around a bit? Jane, your chipmunk looks about set to pop with all that seed in his cheeks. I love the kestrel photos. Kestrels are another favorite bird of mine; they are quite common in Ohio, and their rarity here was one disappointment when I moved to New England. I love the feather patterns for both sexes, and also like watching them fly - they can hover to look for potential prey.

Big bird on top looks like Greater Yellowlegs. Smaller one in same pic could be a Sanderling. Reddish birds are Ruddy Turnstones.