Shrews have voracious appetities to the point of being cannibalistic. There's a good chance a shrew ate the trapped shrew. Even given the sometimes damage they might do, when all is said and done, they are a good thing to have in the garden. From North Dakota State University: "The principal part of their food, as shown by the stomach contents consists of insects, earthworms, and the small animal life found over the surface of the ground. They ravenously devour any kind of fresh meat, whether it be a meadow mouse or woods mouse, or one of their own kind, found in a trap, or a bit of bird meat or beef placed on the trap trigger to attract them, and in winter they will gather in numbers if a piece of frozen meat, lard, or tallow is left under a log for them to gnaw. They undoubtedly catch many of the small rodents, and especially the young, for food, as they are capable of killing animals larger than themselves. They apparently never accumulate any fat and are active throughout the year, evidently finding an abundance of frozen insects and other food along their tunnels on or below the surface of the ground." tj

This is the website I always refer to when trying to id these two hawks. I once printed it out and had it in the car. Need to do that again! Here is a link that might be useful: Tricky Bird IDs: Sharp-shinned Hawk and Cooper's Hawk

I can't say for sure from the first picture, but the two others show a beautiful juvenile Cooper Hawk! The long rounded tail with broad white tip is very typical. Great pics! Luc

Thanks elly! My nephew has one those huge telephone nikon lens so he wasn't close at all. The female hunted our property every week this winter and got so she'd hide until I started calling in the Stellar Jays to get the peanuts. She'd then know about 10 to 20 stellars would be coming in. She got several til I checked her favorite trees before calling. I call her Lady and she posed for me quite often. I could get as close as just below her tree. She'd wait til I did my morning feeds for the birds and follow me around quietly and always manage to get a jay, junco or starling. I'd often see her sneeking in to hide as I got out my supplies. Here is a link that might be useful: sharp-shinned hawk cropped 2