Backyard shot.
I figured out (as a rookie in birding) birds stay more quiet (though still suspicious) when I use the right-angle viewfinder extension. Direct aiming alarms them.
That's a classy lens to be birding with. That little viewfinder trick sounds like a very good idea. I would guess that the hawk might have been hearing your lens focusing, although it is ultrasonic to us.
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