Cooper's Hawk

LOL... although it looks like I am a bit slow on the draw, as this was ID'd a year ago.... ooops! HAH!

I'm going with the Juvenile Cooper's as well.... http://www.oiseaux-birds.com/card-cooper-hawk.html

Beautiful photo, Dave! Project Noah has increased the boundaries of the mission "Raptors of Colorado" to include all of North America, and is now called (drumroll please!) "Raptors of North America". Please consider adding this and your other raptor spottings (birds of prey) to the following: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8627557 Thank you!

Wow, if that flying hawk really is a red-tailed, that's three giant hawks that patrol this yard, Chattanooga's legal test case for naturlized gardening. That's stupendous!

juvie Cooper's seems like the most likely choice

I've seen three different hawks in my yard, one of them I'm sure is a red-shouldered. I'm not sure about the other: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=87158&id=819728417&l=d542afff14 http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=819728417&aid=87158#!/photo.php?fbid=130101058417&set=a.101383538417.87158.819728417&theater

Was there banding on the tail feathers? Looks like a juvenile Cooper's Hawk. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/5522738

It looks a lot like our red-shouldered hawk