Thank you so much, Bookpossum.
I believe you are spot on with Cooper's Hawk. The size, colour, habit and habitat all fit. Thanks for posting the picture. I never expected to see the hawk again, but while I was making the morning coffee today, it perched for a couple of minutes on a telephone cable in the back lot line. It was facing away from me, but the shape of the tail and the bars on the tail match your picture.
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