old man 88 Loc: Palmview, TX when not on road

Taken today at Palmview, TX

ID-Please

My guest Copper or Red-tailed Hawk
1000 sec, F /8.0, ISO 1000 at 300mm

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Terrymac Loc: LONDON U.K.

No idea, but what a great photo. Thanks.

Marilyng Loc: Lorain,Oh.

Beautiful Coopers Hawk!

Swamp-Cork Loc: Lanexa, Virginia

Excellent image, Goldwinger!

jkg0806

I'm thinking Cooper poss juvenile Red tail

airwolf Loc: Woolrich, PA

It's a Cooper's Hawk. If you could see it's tail you would know right away !

charles tabb Loc: Richmond VA.

My guess is a Cooper or Sharpshinned Hawk.

I hope that you will let me know if I'm wrong.

I took this in my back yard.

Charles

Indiana Loc: Huntington, Indiana

The lightly streaked breast markings seem to indicate a juvenile Broad-Winged Hawk, although the Cooper's and Red-Winged juvenile breast markings make the frontal view determination difficult. One more option I guess. I used the Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Easter North America as my reference.

dsmeltz Loc: Philadelphia

Yeah. Without seeing the back, it is hard to tell. The differences are mainly the tail and the back of the head.

Uuglypher Loc: South Dakota (East River)

Juvenile Cooper’s hawk.
Why?

Slender axial streaking on breast feathers differentiate from red-tail (axial streaks are broader in red-tail)
Slender tarso-metatarsus and toes differentiate from red-tail’s more stout, stronger foot
Yellow iris differentiates from adultCooper’s (iris of adult is ruby-red)
The size of feathers (especially breast feathers) are PROPORTINATELY smaller than those of a sharp-shinned hawk. The little shap-shinned appears to have proportionately larger breast feathers.

Although Coopers are, as a species, larger than sharpies, a small male Cooper’s and a large female sharpie may be close in size. Sharpies are generally robin/grackle sized, and Coopers are in the range of crow-sized....males consistently smaller than females. And... a large female Coopers can be close to the size of a small male goshawk, and in juvenile plumage can be confused with a juvenile gos.

Both species (sharpie and Coopers) prey on small birds and small mammals, (both are common predators at bird feeding stations) but larger Cooper’s can occasionally take prey as large as cottontail rabbits and pheasants.

The squared-off tail of the sharpie and the rounded end-of-tail of a Cooper’s are commonly used features for differentiating them in flight.

Dave

jcboy3

A more descriptive title might draw a bird expert or two.

Ghost45 Loc: Everywhere/ Nowhere

We call those “Chicken Hawk”. This is a young one.

Doddy Loc: Barnard Castle-England

He/she looks very regal..Nice one.

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

Nice!

angler Loc: StHelens England

Excellent shot.