Hawk ID needed

ronjaq

16 years ago

My son took this picture from his deck in Southern Ontario. I think it is a sharp-shinned hawk. Right?

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rachel_frome_ky
16 years ago
It's a juvenile Cooper's Hawk..great shot!
birding_nut
16 years ago
Yup, looks like an immature (juvenile), probably first-year, Cooper's Hawk. Those definitive tear-dropped shaped brown breast markings are a clincher, as well as the thickness of the legs.

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Elly_NJ
16 years ago
I'm on board the Cooper's express here...

Also, the head is not as bullet shaped as a Sharpie.
calliope
16 years ago
Yes, young Cooper's. Cornell Website has a nice accipeter identification page. Cooper's exhibit the heaviest part of the body in the breast, sharp shinned has a lower center of gravity. We had a juvie Cooper's last year and he is still here this winter, along with a very large, very beautiful female who has included our property in her hunting area. They stop and check our feeders out daily.

Good photo. I'm enclosing the link. I found it very helpful.

Here is a link that might be useful: Accipter ID

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