Was the eye yellow? If so, it was a juvenile acipiter, possibly Cooper's or
Sharp-Shinned. Sharpies are smaller,have more delicate legs, otherwise can
be hard to tell from Cooper's. If eye was red, more likely adult acipiter.
Jerry Eisner

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> From: Catherine Fryer <cfryer at pacificcoast.net>
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: Cooper's Hawk?
> Date: Monday, March 31, 1997 10:21 AM
>
> Tweeters,
>
> I think I saw an immature Cooper's Hawk this morning in an apple
> tree right outside my living room window. This tree is in the park that
we
> live beside. The park is quite open with garry oaks and firs on the
other
> side. It was in the tree for about 5 minutes. Long enough for me to get
my
> binocs, but I'm not up on my raptors so I would like to know if this is a
> true possibility. It was the only bird in my book that resembled it. It
had
> a white breast with heavy brown streaking, a brown back and a finer brown
> streaking on its head. I didn't get a good look at the beak because
he(she)
> was looking the other way most of the time. It flew away into a high (10
> ft) hedge and then out of there through the open part of the park and
> disappeared into the trees on the other side.
>
> Please let me know if it could be this bird.
>
> Catherine
>
> Catherine Fryer
> Victoria, BC
> cfryer at pacificcoast.net
>