I agree with Alan. It looks like a juvey Cooper's. Jann

I agree with BN. You indeed have a first-year Red-tailed Hawk. If you have a field guide, take a look at this bird's tail pattern and compare with Cooper's/Sharp-shinned. You'll notice it's a shorter, fatter tail with narrower banding than with Cooper's/Sharp-shinned. Also, compare this bird's tail with an adult Red-tailed Hawk's tail (which is a rusty red color) and you'll see how we can distinguish a juvenile from an adult. They gain their red tails during their first molts (when they are one year old). This bird should be molting soon, as it hatched last year.

Great. We have lots of pigeons he can have.

I thought it was a red tailed hawk, too the moment I saw the picture. See them all the time in Texas. But this one is missing the red on the end of his tailfeathers! Or does that not come in until maturity?