Nancy,

At the usual risk of being made a fool of I'll cast my vote for a Cooper's,
based on the distinctly raised hackles on the nape, the finely streaked
belly, and what appears to be a shorter outer tail feather hiding beneath
the folded tail, and also possibly the forward position of the eye, though
the angle makes that a bit hard to judge.

Gene Hunn
18476 47th Pl NE
Lake Forest Park, WA
enhunn323 at comcast.net

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From: tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu
[mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Nancy
Wagner
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 7:04 AM
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: [Tweeters] Sharp-shinned or cooper's hawk?

I'd love the help of anyone in the group so inclined to try and identify a
photo I took of either a juvenile Sharp-shinned or a Cooper's Hawk. The
photo can be viewed at:

http://www.nancywagnerphotography.com/id.html

I took this photo a few weeks ago on Fir Island at Hayden. What a beautiful
bird and so cooperative as I photographed it from my car. I couldn't
believe how close I was...and I didn't see it right away; I was pulling in
to see if there were any short-eared owls, then I glanced over and saw this
bird perched on the fence. Wow!

Thanks in advance for any help identifying this,

Nancy J. Wagner
Bothell, WA
Nancy at nancywagnerphotography.com






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