Up on the wires over our pool, not as rufous colored as the
illustrations in my bird books. Breast was streaked with gray on a white ground.
I’m leaning to the sharp-shinned because of the small head and bill, thinner legs, but it wasn't the size of a jay, it was slightly larger.
Range Maps from Cornell show the likelihood of it being a sharp-shinned is not great - they are supposedly only winter migrants (check my books TBD).
I guess I will have to wait for my next sighting to be sure - sometimes the second time I find a bird, I get it right - having learned some new detail to spot.
I’m leaning to the sharp-shinned because of the small head and bill, thinner legs, but it wasn't the size of a jay, it was slightly larger.
Range Maps from Cornell show the likelihood of it being a sharp-shinned is not great - they are supposedly only winter migrants (check my books TBD).
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| Cooper's hawk |
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| Sharp-shinned hawk |
I guess I will have to wait for my next sighting to be sure - sometimes the second time I find a bird, I get it right - having learned some new detail to spot.
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