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Everything is locked and no one is getting out until I do something about that hawk. I have no Jabberwocky or even Patsy here to deal with it. Until I can remove it or get it to move on, no one is getting out of the complex. Ever.Both the video and the photo make me think now this is a juvenile Sharp-Shinned Hawk. Breast streaking through the belly and the call on the video. I'm no expert though. Anyway, same threat, just smaller. If this is really close to 15" head to tail tip (seemed smaller than that to me on the video) it's a big female.
They along with Cooper's are common predators near feeders or anywhere that would attract small and medium-sized birds and mice, chipmunks, snakes, lizards. Perching and very fast close-flying chase is the hunting style. They don't need height to get speed like a soaring, dive-bombing bird, the wing shape enables quick acceleration and quick maneuvers in small spaces.
Beautiful mug shot, and I can't blame her for being hungry, but I hate that she killed Sylvie (and I wonder about Legertha frankly, a near miss causing a bump on the head in her escape to shelter?) This hawk is more a threat to Phyllis than the larger girls in the tribe, but I wouldn't put anything past her, especially a young and inexperienced but hungry hunter, where she might seriously injure someone in an attempt on them.
OK I know you said no advice but here it is - be sure you close any coop run doors after you when you are going in or out. This is a bird that will happily hunt in the shadows and small openings of a canopied woods.