Cooper’s Hawk, Petaluma, California

Photo of a Cooper's Hawk perched on a tree limb in my backyard.

I have the hardest time identifying a Cooper’s hawk from a sharp-shinned hawk.   With this bird, I was leaning toward Cooper’s hawk because it seemed pretty big, but I know a female sharpie can look as big as a male Cooper’s hawk.  So, I sent this photo to my friend, Judd, who is an expert in identifying hawks, and he said it was a Cooper’s hawk.  Thus, the title here is “Cooper’s Hawk,” not “Sharp-shinned Hawk.”

 

 

 

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