Aside from the vultures, these are among the most exciting birds to encounter. The Red-tailed Hawk (year-round) and Osprey (seasonal) are the most common in this part of New Jersey while the Cooper's Hawk and Sharp-shinned are the only two to have shown up in our yard. So far, I've had just one encounter with a Mississippi Kite flying high overhead and two encounters with an American Kestrel an hour apart. All the encounters with a Red-shouldered Hawk were in the space of a week.