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Sharp-shinned and Cooper's always look too similar to me.

Saw the hawk take down a robin. The first shot is of a second hawk that was hunting with the hawk that caught the robin. The second hawk posed on the rock for me. The hawk that caught the robin flew to the other side of the pond with the robin in its talons. Too far away for a good shot, but you can just make out the tail of the robin protruding out by the lower left of the hawk's tail as it is shielding (mantling) its prey.

Oct 31, 2018 at 11:13 AM

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Belted Kingfisher

Oct 31, 2018 at 11:13 AM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Sharp-shinned? & Belted

Hi Tony, these are fantastic images, the backgrounds and environments you caught these guys in are superb and add to the subject.

Oct 31, 2018 at 11:52 AM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Sharp-shinned? & Belted

Superb photos (as usual for you).

Oct 31, 2018 at 12:06 PM

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TnT ~ Ron

Oct 31, 2018 at 06:33 PM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Sharp-shinned? & Belted

Immature SSHA and adult COHA. They're both birds, so they do have some similarities.

Oct 31, 2018 at 06:59 PM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Sharp-shinned? & Belted

I like the way the hawk is shrouding it's kill. nicely done as usual

Oct 31, 2018 at 07:51 PM

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Christian H wrote:
Immature SSHA and adult COHA. They're both birds, so they do have some similarities.

Seems odd that they were hunting together, or maybe they were just competing for the same prey.

Oct 31, 2018 at 08:09 PM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Sharp-shinned? & Belted

Good work Tony. Even the distant hoodlum looks pretty decent.

Oct 31, 2018 at 09:02 PM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Sharp-shinned? & Belted

Nice catch Tony. I'd be leaning towards them both being Sharp-shinned hawks. I remember this time last year my yard was visited by 2-3 SSHs every day....but all juveniles so always unsuccessful at hunting birds at the feeders.
Did you notice a big size difference between the two of them....the Cooper's is significantly bigger so if the adult is a Cooper's as Christian thinks you would have probably noticed the size difference with them both there together.

TFS
Geoff

Oct 31, 2018 at 09:28 PM

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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Sharp-shinned? & Belted

Lovely set Tony

I just love the Kingfisher

Lil

Nov 01, 2018 at 11:24 AM

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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Sharp-shinned? & Belted

Love the hawk images, Tony!
Keith W.

Nov 02, 2018 at 11:27 AM

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Thanks all,

Tony

Nov 07, 2018 at 01:13 AM

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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · Sharp-shinned? & Belted

Great set all the way around

Nov 07, 2018 at 11:47 PM

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40Driggs wrote:
Great set all the way around

Thanks Daniel.

Tony

Jan 17, 2019 at 03:01 PM


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