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Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: Janet Patterson on March 26, 2020, 12:21:04 PM

Title: Cooper's or Sharp-shinned hawk?
Post by: Janet Patterson on March 26, 2020, 12:21:04 PM

[attachment=0:3v3iceu7]P1010198.jpg[/attachment:3v3iceu7]I am hoping someone can distinguish which one this is! Taken this morning at Cedarvale Park, Toronto

Many thanks!

Title: Re: Cooper's or Sharp-shinned hawk?
Post by: Shortsighted on March 26, 2020, 02:03:27 PM

An adult hawk but can't distinguish from this photo ... too much concealment.
Sharp-shinned fly south for the winter and follow migratory birds on its north-
bound return. We have not seen much in the way of migratory birds yet and
therefore it is probably a Cooper's hawk. Sharp-shinned is a late spring and
summer visitor. Thanks for posting.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-TBfDD4K/0/0bb24323/L/i-TBfDD4K-L.jpg) (https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-358cgw/i-TBfDD4K/A)

Title: Re: Cooper's or Sharp-shinned hawk?
Post by: Janet Patterson on March 26, 2020, 03:04:32 PM

Thanks for this!
I will try to get a better photo in the coming days, as I frequent that area often. If it is building a nest (I saw it flying with a twig in its beak) then I guess it's planning to stay around.