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Cooper's Hawk

Accipiter cooperii

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42.1181, -88.0962

Field Notes

Description:

Hawk

Habitat:

Wooded area. My backyard

Notes:

Is this a Juvenile Sharp Shinned or Copper's Hawk?

Species ID Suggestions

Sharp-shinned hawk

Accipiter striatus

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Desmond.E.S.O
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Cooper's Hawk

Accipiter cooperii

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DavidMroczkowski
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Comments (2)
AshleyT
Rounded tail feathers, obvious neck, uneven tail feather length, and no pencil-thin legs. All of those characters point to cooper's hawk.
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PublishedSeptember 3, 2015

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