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34.1058, -116.105

Field Notes

Habitat:

found on top of a reunion of palm trees in the Fortynine Palms Oasis

Notes:

please help me identify.
I think it is a juvenile sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter striatus). and not a Cooper's hawk.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
pansiotphilippe
thanks @saturniidae27. even after reading this very thourough article, I can't be hundred % sure about my preference for it being a sharp-shinned.
Saturniidae27
https://www.audubon.org/news/a-beginners-guide-iding-coopers-and-sharp-shinned-hawks
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PublishedAugust 2, 2020

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