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Cooper's Hawk

Accipiter cooperii

Photo by cchellis22
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Field Notes

Notes:

I think this is a hawk, perhaps a juvenile. It was sitting on a small brick wall in a suburban neighborhood in Columbus.

Species ID Suggestions

Cooper's Hawk

Accipiter cooperii

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KaitlinMacLean
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Comments (2)
CloudDweller
I think it's probably an immature coop. But it's definitely in the genus accipiter.
KaitlinMacLean
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/coopers_hawk/id The pictures and description on this page are much easy to see the ID with, I think you have an immature Cooper's hawk.

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