Another Hawk...Coopers/Sharp-shinned?
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Another Hawk...Coopers/Sharp-shinned?
I think?
This one was smaller than the other one (the Red Tail), so I'm thinking Coopers. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. It was still a good size as he was on my back fence.
I love big birds and I can not lie........
This one was smaller than the other one (the Red Tail), so I'm thinking Coopers. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. It was still a good size as he was on my back fence.
I love big birds and I can not lie........
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Re: Another Hawk...Coopers
Could be Sharp-Shinned, though.
Don't you sometimes wish you could turn your head completely around like that?
Don't you sometimes wish you could turn your head completely around like that?
Re: Another Hawk...Coopers
You could be right Tigger. I know those two are hard to tell apart. The Sharp-shinned is a little smaller.
Based on the picture and measuring the bird against the fence below, then going out and measuring the fence - I'd put the size at 13-15".
Sharp-shinned: 10-14"
Coopers: 14-20"
All that measuring and it doesn't get any clearer on which one. Oh well.....
Based on the picture and measuring the bird against the fence below, then going out and measuring the fence - I'd put the size at 13-15".
Sharp-shinned: 10-14"
Coopers: 14-20"
All that measuring and it doesn't get any clearer on which one. Oh well.....
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Re: Another Hawk...Coopers
What color were his feet? Did he have a orange cast to his breast? I am thinking Coopers also, but from the back it is hard to tell. Maybe Nanny56 will know.
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Re: Another Hawk...Coopers
I am stuck on Coopers!
too funny !!!!! Now it is going through my headsteg wrote:I love big birds and I can not lie........
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Re: Another Hawk...Coopers/Sharp-shinned?
Unfortunately I didn't get to see it fly off at all. I took about 4 quick pics and then went to call my neighbor. I owed him one since he came to get me when the Red-Tail was out. I looked up before I could place the call and he had already flown off. Couldn't see the feet either. oh well....
sorry about the song, just couldn't help it....for what it's worth I can't get the tune out of my head either. Maybe by tomorrow.
sorry about the song, just couldn't help it....for what it's worth I can't get the tune out of my head either. Maybe by tomorrow.
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Re: Another Hawk...Coopers/Sharp-shinned?
I'm curious to know WHAT you are putting in your bird feeders!
Re: Another Hawk...Coopers/Sharp-shinned?
Chris - smaller birds.....
Just kidding, sort of.
I do have several other feeders and get quite a large number of smaller birds around. We also have a large number of squirrels around here. We're not too far from the Olentangy River and the open fields and wooded areas associated with the river.
Just kidding, sort of.
I do have several other feeders and get quite a large number of smaller birds around. We also have a large number of squirrels around here. We're not too far from the Olentangy River and the open fields and wooded areas associated with the river.
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Re: Another Hawk...Coopers/Sharp-shinned?
I say Sharp-shinned Hawk because of eye color. Photos thru Google show green eyes on Cooper's.
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Re: Another Hawk...Coopers/Sharp-shinned?
Cooper's Hawk gets my vote!! By the way I am so jealous....Our Cooper's never lands where I can get a decent photo of it!
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Re: Another Hawk...Coopers/Sharp-shinned?
Whatever kind of hawk it is, it is beautiful!