Harryshoe's image is an adult Cooper's. You are correct, kathy9norcal. Note the tubular chest, thick legs, squared head, "Roman" nose, and eyes that are set back from the bill. Tail tip is an unreliable markon a perched bird (so I have learned through experience) due to feather position/wear. Also, on your Cooper's, second pic down- this adult bird has a pale nape to the neck. That is a good mark for a Cooper's. An adult Sharp-shinned has a dark nape of the neck that makes the Sharpies appear "hooded" rather than "capped". Cooper's appear capped.

It looks from here to be a juvenile Cooper's Hawk, as already stated. The tail on Accipiters is long with wide bands, and this bird has that. As for the differences between Accipiters, juvenile Cooper's Hawks have fine brown chest streaks that usually come short of the belly, and this bird has that. So, good call.

Adult male Cooper's, probably a little bit smaller than an American Crow by comparison. Pretty bird, lovely shot. :) And I am so late in responding because I haven't checked the Raptor forum in ages! :)

Beam. Do you mean the whole structure including the passthrough opening is there now? I thought it was just the door. You mean, you're narrowing the opening now? [oh, you have no idea what a thrill it is that I remembered how to do this...] Yes... I guess. That long wall is currently holding a big, broad opening at too-high passthrough height. There is a "keen" or maybe that's meant to be "beam" (English is not our builder's native language] that's vertical and a beam high across the top of the passthough that ends in it, unfortunately not the entire length of the long wall. (does that make any sense at all?) On the elevation you can just make out a dotted line oblong that traces the current opening. The door would be cut down from it to the floor. And a chunk would be walled over on the left side. sink-closer-to-wall argument was about evaluating plllog v. rhome: sink across from fridge vs sink in corner. OK, here's what I think will happen. I'll reach into the fridge and get out an onion and celery and an eggplant and zucchini and broccoli and a bunch of carrots and kale and a bunch of chard and set these bit by bit on the counter to the right of the fridge. I'll close the fridge, grab the bunches and toss them in the sink. I'll scoop up the rest and plop them to the left of the sink. I'll wash the bunches, leave them drying in the sink (hey, maybe the reef should be to the left and not to the right) and slide to the left, toward the corner and the range and start chopping and dicing, etc. Then I'm already in position, once that's done, to swivel-and-plllop into something hot on the stove. Were the sink in the corner, instead, I'd be dumping all onto the island to the right of the sink, sliding to wash and then reaching and pulling into place somewhere to the left of the sink for prepping, or prepping to the right of the sink and then needing to truck the prepped stuff around the sink to its left and closer to the range. I think this feels more awkward.... I'm getting confused... I must have posted something way-wacky. I don't think I suggested sticking the Stages in the island. I think that would take up the whole island! But the sink I had thought to add in the island also includes an integrated reef; it seemed like a good feature to have in an island, as suggested by juliekcmo (I think that's her name; apologies if I have it wrong). It does seem as if the e-granite harmony sink I was thinking about might just be too small, rhome. Maybe I need to skip the integrated drainboard though on an island it seemed very sensible. I could look into grooves on the island top, but that seems likely to be expensive. I can also just carry on as per usual with spread towels and drying racks as necessary. I suppose forgoing the integrated reef permits more flexibilty to dry to either right or left of the sink. And I guess if push comes to shove, I'd rather the limited space be used on fully submerged sink than half-useful sink/wet-drying space.