Type of Hawk

[argo12]

Good day,
recently reviewed some pics and found this hawk which was taken in June 2014, Mississauga / Oakville area.
Interested in your thoughts.
Thanks for your help

[Shortsighted]

The eye seems to be located right in the middle of the head so my guess is Sharp-shinned.
My alter ego points out that the back of the neck is light in colour instead of dark and may therefore be a Cooper's
Then again, the back of the neck feature only applies to adult birds, not to juveniles.
The eye stays put. So I'd wager = Sharp-shinned (juvenile).
Someone who knows what they are talking about will likely clear it up for you better than I can.

Shortsighted

[Reuven_M]

First note - this bird is an adult, not a juvenile.

I'm not comfortable putting a name to it. Tail shape is not useful as it is in active molt (note the one abnormally short feather). It does give me a bit of Sharp-shinned feel. It's hard to tell weather that pale name is real or just overexposure in the photo. Cooper's Hawk is much more likely than Sharp-shinned in the summer but there are some Sharp-shinned around.

[Canoncan]

I think you are getting the impression the eye is more in the middle than you think, you are not looking at the head of the bird from a straight on angle. The birds head is actually turned giving the illusion the head is larger than it is, and what you are seeing is the beak making the head look bigger.  The eye is closer to the beak than what it appears. Being a photographer, yes the highlights are blown out on the nape, it is not blown out on the cap,meaning the nape is brighter and hence blows out easier due to the whiter colour. There is a clear separation. As stated the bird is definitely an adult. The fact the cap is more cap than hood, the location in the summer, an adult, the eye is not really centered,I would lean more towards an Adult Coopers hawk. Great picture, you never noted the size being an adult, the Coopers Hawk is closer to a crow and the SS closer to a Blue Jay. I believe this is a Coopers Hawk