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Cooper's Hawk

Accipiter cooperii

Photo by SeanRees
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Field Notes

Description:

Medium size bird. Probably 12 inches long. He crashed into our patio window very heavily.

Habitat:

Mountains in Utah. We are at 4500ft.

Species ID Suggestions

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Accipiter striatus

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Liam
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Comments (4)
Liam
Even tail feathers + facial "expression" makes this a Sharp-shinned over Cooper's.
SeanRees
Woah, I just noticed you are holding an Albino Burmese Python in your picture. Very cool.
SeanRees
I think so AshleyT I went inside the house to grab my son and when I came back out he was gone.
AshleyT
Poor guy! Was he able to get back up and fly off after a few minutes? He looks pretty confused in the picture

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Birds of the World

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PublishedOctober 23, 2013

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