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sharp shinned hawk

Accipiter striatus

Photo by SusanEllison
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Description:

saw this guy in my backyard looking for a meal usually a white winged dove but I do not know what kind of hawk it is...can someone help? This shot is not a good one because I shot it through a window screen and it is a overcast day wet and damp

Reference Links:

Sharp-shinned Hawk, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
SusanEllison
Thanks Karen now I have an ID...this bird comes around for many yrs now. just too hard to get a shot of it.
KarenL
Looks more like a sharp shinned hawk http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Sharp-shinned_Hawk/id/ac
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PublishedDecember 26, 2011

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