Subject: [Tweeters] Sharp-shin or Cooper's hawk?
Date: Feb 28 10:35:17 2012
From: Michael Clawson - michael.v.clawson at gmail.com


Yea if you look at this website here

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/sharp-shinned_hawk/id/ac

and click on the coopers hawk link on the right, it compares the immature
coopers hawk and sharp shinned hawks... I would agree on the coopers

Mike C

Monroe Wa



On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 10:19 AM, Amit Kulkarni <avkulkarni at gmail.com>wrote:

> From the shape of the tail (i.e. outer feathers shorter than the central
> ones) and the streaking (more at the top), it looks like an immature
> Cooper's Hawk.
>
> This webpage has more information on how to distinguish between the two:
> http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/AboutBirdsandFeeding/accipiterIDtable.htm
>
> On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 9:39 AM, Goodwin <ksgoodwin at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> We just had another visit by our local Hawk; 1:30 PM 2/26/12; Kent.
>> It was snowing so there are smugs on the picture, snow flakes. I would
>> like to know the type; Sharp-shinned or Cooper's Hawk. It comes to our
>> bird feeders looking for lunch; which it has taken at least twice this
>> month alone; possible a Fox Sparrow and a Junco. I have included a real
>> close up picture of the Hawk sitting on the Japanese Maple 20 feet away
>> next to the feeder with a ruler superimposed on the photo for size. The
>> bird measures 14.5 inches from head to tail. It looks like a Cooper's
>> Hawk. Male / Female? I am thinking Female Coopers. Too small?
>>
>> http://www.bluemelon.com/birdwatcher/backyardbirds#page-0/photo-2178485
>>
>> Goodwin
>>
>>
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