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.”
