Participant Photo: Sharp Shinned Hawk
When he landed all birds left! He went away empty and hungry.
Categories: Predatory birds
When he landed all birds left! He went away empty and hungry.
Categories: Predatory birds
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2 comments on “Participant Photo: Sharp Shinned Hawk”
The size seems wrong for a Sharp shinned hawk. I now think this was a juvenile coopers hawk.
Hi David, Size can be difficult to use to identify these two very similar hawks – even the largest Sharp-shinned can be as large as a small Cooper’s Hawk. That said, there are lots of other field marks to go by – check them out here and click on each row to expand a photo example.