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wing tong Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #1 · Terrible shot, ID help please This hawk flew right through my yard and landed on an Oak tree but by the time I got my camera and found him in the thick tree, he flew off farther onto this pine tree about 50 yards away. I couldn't get much of a shot of him and he stayed in this one position so the only shot I got was a bad shot of this one position. Just curious to know who paid me a visit in the East Bay, CA, ID help please. Thanks. Jul 05, 2009 at 04:37 AM

skibum5 Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #2 · Terrible shot, ID help please I think it is a Goshawk. Jul 05, 2009 at 04:45 AM

KINGOFKNGS Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #3 · Terrible shot, ID help please Definitely an Accipiter. I'd lean more towards a Cooper's Hawk, however. The other possibility it a Sharp-shinned hawk. This is not a goshawk, as there is no white eyeline, for example. The size of the bird may be diagnostic. In the case of the Cooper's Hawk, we'd expect a much larger bird than the sharp-shinned, although a large female sharp-shinned could be larger than a small male Cooper's. Did you get the feel that this bird was about the size of a crow, or perhaps much smaller? Jul 05, 2009 at 05:23 AM

Lil Judd Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #4 · Terrible shot, ID help please Cooper's or potentially Sharp-shinned hawk for sure. Eye color, markings etc - the first close encounter with a hawk I ever had was with a Cooper's. Lil Jul 05, 2009 at 05:29 AM

danjacquitaylo Offline Image Upload: On p.1 #5 · Terrible shot, ID help please Hi Wing, I agree w/ KINGOFKNGS and Lil here on the ID. Dan Jul 05, 2009 at 05:52 AM

wing tong Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #6 · Terrible shot, ID help please Thanks all. From the quick closer glimpse I got, I'd say it was the size of a crow. It was flying through low tree covers in and around my yard before it landed on that taller pine. And it was likely hunting for those smaller birds (titmouse, bushtit, finch, chickadee, junco) I've been attracting to my bird studio. If it visits again, I'll try to get a better shot of him. Jul 05, 2009 at 06:03 AM

Lil Judd Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #7 · Terrible shot, ID help please Wing that sounds like a Cooper's for sure. Based upon size that is. Lil Jul 05, 2009 at 06:05 AM

wing tong Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #8 · Terrible shot, ID help please Lil Judd wrote: Wing that sounds like a Cooper's for sure. Based upon size that is. Lil Thanks Lil. I will keep an eye out for him, I've seen him around before but never in my yard. Jul 05, 2009 at 06:18 AM

fishbio Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #9 · Terrible shot, ID help please I agree with Cooper's Larry Jul 05, 2009 at 11:56 AM

Matt Philbin Offline Buy and Sell: On p.1 #10 · Terrible shot, ID help please fishbio wrote: I agree with Cooper's Larry +1 Jul 05, 2009 at 01:02 PM

JohnJos Online Buy and Sell: On p.1 #11 · Terrible shot, ID help please +2 Cooper's based on apparent size, head shape and especially the rounded end of the tail (Sharpies have a square tail tip). ~ John Jul 05, 2009 at 01:22 PM

genefixer Offline Image Upload: On p.1 #12 · Terrible shot, ID help please Cooper's Jul 05, 2009 at 05:38 PM

Ted ellis Offline Image Upload: On p.1 #13 · Terrible shot, ID help please It's a raptor Wing. Ted Jul 05, 2009 at 06:57 PM

Hide Takahashi Offline Image Upload: On p.1 #14 · Terrible shot, ID help please Probably a Cooper's. Hide Jul 05, 2009 at 07:00 PM

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