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ID Help: Cooper's Hawk
eagle63_1999:
I looked at the photos and from my guess I would say it is a Northern Goshawk.....
The Peregrine Chick:
Leana, can you please email me the original photos or the direct link to the photos in your photobucket account? If I can zoom in a bit better I might be able to answer your question.
I too was called by New Flyer yesterday and we had the same kind of conversation, if the bird is flying, even injured and flying 25' up, there is no way I can catch them. I do know that one of the pest control companies was going to go by after work and see if they could catch them with a net launcher they use for other creatures. I did offer to join the technician but I didn't hear back from him. Might have just been too busy a day for a return phone call or he may have had the situation well in-hand.
I already have requests for information from both wildlife rehab organizations and the pest control company that was called and if I hear anything, I will post it here.
Leana:
I work at New Flyer in Transcona, where we had a bit of feathered excitement today. The husband of a coworker works in the warehouse. He came in a told her there was a pair of "falcons" in the warehouse and that one of them had flown into a circulating fan up on the ceiling and hurt it's leg. Of course I had to hurry out to see if it could be a peregrine, although I knew in the back of my mind it was highly unlikely. We located the poor thing near the back of the warehouse (meaning as far away from the big open door as possible), sitting up high on one of pipes. It was hard to get a clear view, because it was pretty high up, but I knew right away I wasn't looking at a peregrine, but it did look like it might be a relative of sorts. Anyhoo... I had another coworker take some pictures which I've attached below. They aren't the greatest since the little devil just had to be sitting directly next to a halogen light fixture!
Question to all you bird gurus... can you identify what kind of bird it is?
My husband believes it might be a Sparrow Hawk.
Now the sad part of the story. I called the Widlife Haven and they said there is nothing they can do for a bird who is still flying because they are next to impossible to catch. The guys who work in the warehouse said its leg was pretty damaged. But it was still flying around from pipe to pipe up high in the warehouse. There was no sign of the second one today so it either flew into the main plaint (I HOPE NOT!) or got out the door at some point. I feel terrible, especially with it being a long weekend and all. Not sure if anyone is working there tomorrow (it's possible), but if he doesn't find a way out of the building the poor guy is doomed.
Here are the photos, quality is poor due to the lighting and distance.
birdcamfan:
I only saw the Cooper's in our neighborhood one other time after this sighting. Moved on to greener pastures I guess. Our usual Merlins aren't around this year either although they were here in the winter and early spring. It's funny how the resident population changes from year to year. Some years we have had lots of Jays, the Merlins were around for a number of years, other years Woodpeckers, this year a lot of Gold finches. Does anyone have any ideas why that would be?
pmg:
Thanks for the info on the Coopers Hawk. It explains why my resident Merlins suddenly looked like they were on steroids. The Coopers have left and the normal sized Merlins are still here...nesting in the neighbors spruce, while a pair of blue jays are nesting in our oak. Makes for some exciting times in the neighborhood! We haven't had squirrels in the yard since the jays started chasing them away from their nest :)
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