The perspective of the picture may be misleading as the crow was about twice the distance from the camera than the hawk. The sharpie, was barely bigger than a jay.

Rupert Grove
Tacoma, WA

From: majorhart at sbcglobal.net
To: jcr_5105 at charter.net; rupertgrove at msn.com; Tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Sharpie at Ruston Way
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:53:58 -0600










It did seem too large for a sharpshin compared to the
nearby crow.

When I lived in Tacoma and Seattle - I don't recall seeing
any common crows - only the smaller Northwest Crow (if that's what they still
call them)

John Hansen majorhart at sbcglobal.net Saint
Joseph, MO

----- Original Message -----
From:
Jeff
Kozma
To: RUPERT GROVE ; Tweeters
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 10:31
PM
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Sharpie at Ruston
Way


Hi Rupert.

Great photos of that hawk! Your hawk sure looks
like an immature Cooper's Hawk to me (maybe others will chime in?). The
large tear dropped shape brown streaking along its sides and the dark brown
head (and larger head shape with flattened crown) contrasting with
the lighter belly lead me to think it is a Cooper's Hawk.

See link to juvenile Cooper's.

http://www.bobnaturephoto.com/gallery/d/4263-2/JuvenileCooper_sHawk3.jpg

And Juvenile Sharpy for comparison

http://schmoker.org/BirdPics/Photos/Raptors/SSHA6.jpg

And one juvenile Sharpy from my own photos (hope the
link works).

http://s264.photobucket.com/albums/ii167/kozmajm/?action=view&current=SSHA_3.jpg




----- Original Message -----
From:
RUPERT
GROVE
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 3:02
PM
Subject: [Tweeters] Sharpie at Ruston
Way

Hello all,

I was walking Ruston Way in Tacoma today
when a sharpie flew in and landed in a tree exactly four feet above my head,
two crows in hot pursuit. The crows soon left it alone, but he was kind
enough to pose for a variety of pics that can be seen here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rupertgrove/

It
was the best look at a sharpie I have gotten. Being maybe 5 feet from my
head with a pair of crows conveniently avavilable for size comparison made
the ID a cinch (for once). Those shins really do look so sharp up close
(Joke).

Rupert Grove
Tacoma, WA



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