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ID Help: Cooper's Hawk
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: Doreen on September 11, 2012, 19:38 ---This is the blurry male. He was pretty big.
Just notice the brave Robin on the shed.
Still not a good picture of the tail.
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This image is of a juvenile
I'm still on the fence about the species - the head on the adult is small relative to the body which makes me think its a Sharpie, but the head on the juvenile looks larger and the white at the tail tip is quite broad and visible which could make it a Coopers.
You had both at the same time? or about the same time? If so, then I think I would say Cooper's Hawks ....
not as definitive as you would like I'm sorry ...
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: Doreen on September 11, 2012, 19:32 ---Here's another one, not much better. Can't see the tail.
I would say she was over a foot high.
Tracy would this be a juvenile or an adult?
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This is an adult
Doreen:
This is the blurry male. He was pretty big.
Just notice the brave Robin on the shed.
Still not a good picture of the tail.
Doreen:
Here's another one, not much better. Can't see the tail.
I would say she was over a foot high.
Tracy would this be a juvenile or an adult?
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: RCF on September 10, 2012, 18:38 ---I'm no expert, but it looks like a Cooper's Hawk to me. :)
Cooper's Hawk
Red eye, Slate gray back, dark gray "cap", Long, thin, rounded, banded tail
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/coopers_hawk/id
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Depends on the size and tail shape. Adult Coopers and adult Sharp-shinned look the same except that Sharpies are smaller and the tail has a flat/straight terminal end. Can't see the tip of the tail and can't tell the relative size of the bird so it could be either a Coopers as RCF thinks or it could be a Sharpie. Sorry I can't be more help than that. And yes, they both eat birds so that's no help either :)
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