Oakville Hawk ID

[megaman]

Was running youth flag football practice and this hawk showed up with another and pounced on poor unsuspecting animal on the ground. Then it perched up on someone's fence before going to the top of a tree to disturb the nest of a small bird. It did not leave the area of that nest for the rest of the 45 minutes we were there despite the disapproval of the birds guarding the nest.

What kind of hawk is it?

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[thouc]

It's a Red-tailed Hawk. The dark breast-band is a good field mark. This one is a juvenile, so it hasn't got a red tail yet.

/Thomas

[megaman]

Is this the same kind?

This time it was my backyard. Couldn't get as close as last time for a better pic.


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Here's a video of a lone sparrow trying to hide from it. After my wife walked towards the fence, the hawk flew away. Normally sparrows would spook as well but this one was frozen until my wife was like two feet away from it and then it realized the coast was clear.

https://vimeo.com/236283118

[thouc]

That one is a juvenile Cooper's Hawk with long vertical streaks on the breast.

/Thomas

[megaman]

Thanks.

[megaman]

Speaking of prey that is vulnerable to raptors, here's a chipmunk at the cottage frozen on a tree because one of the foxes came to the yard. Luckily for him, we rarely see birds of prey at the yard. Only once can I recall.

The week previously, the fox took a squirrel and ate it whole. Skull and tail. Everything. I won't post the pics of that here, though they are great shots because I went as close as 15 feet and the fox wasn't flinching. Took video too but deleted it after because it was gruesome.

https://vimeo.com/236283540

[megaman]

In front of my house this time. This a hawk or falcon? What kind?

Thanks in advance.



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Here's the video clip:
https://vimeo.com/242492940

[lovemypt]

looks to be male Coopers which are much bigger then Sharp-shin.....but sizing is tricky with this picture, these are the most common 2 you will seen these days until next spring