Before this one, I'd only seen a cooper's, aside from flyovers, once since i started bird watching. It was perched on neighbors HAM radio antenna, and I was able to get a few pics of it. Before I started bird watching, I saw, what I now am pretty sure was, a cooper's hawk try to catch a blue jay that was perched in one of my crepe Myrtle trees, right in front of me, he missed though! Everything I've ever reAd about cooper's, describes them as being "uncommon" in urban areas and lists them As "forest dwelling hawks" which is what made me doubt this hawk was a cooper's, and also why I usually assume it's a red tailed when I see hawks in busy/urban areas, now I'll make sure to take a closer look! Thanks!

It is a red tailed but Im sure some would mistakenly ID it as a swainsons due to the very dark face and chest. The key here is the lack of white on the face. Nathan

Hi Mailman, Those two birds are Red-shouldered Hawks. Bye, Luc

I agree with Elly and those of the Bird Forum, a Red-shouldered Hawk, adult. Luc