sharp-shinned hawk

Late morning there was a hawk on my neighbors rooftop, looking over my domain. Not good news for small birds. We are currently only able to locate 2 of the 3 baby cardinals, so I am wondering where that one is, and I see a hawk. I went outside to get a shot of it, and I hoped I would scare him/her away while doing it, and I did. I read their primary diet is small song birds and they stalk bird feeders. Great... I would hate to have to watch that. I can't even stand it when I have seen them carry a lizard or snake away. And at our last home they use to get me going with the ducklings.  I would go out with my pots and pans and bang them together to get rid of the hawk but it wasn't easy to do, I'd have to really run with pots and bang away like a freak. I really don't want to start that up here in my new neighborhood. Too many people working from home nowadays that may not get it, ya know what I mean?