Check out the Hawk!

[Mr Graphic]

Parked itself right outside my window for about 2-3 minutes. First one I've seen at my feeder ever, but I have no idea exactly what Hawk it is...

[circle of the tyrants]

Sparrow hawk?



He's probably just waiting for his dinner to fly in!

[quakana]

Awesome photo Doug. I love Hawks

[fett]

Where are the kids? I know from personal experience that you are at the wrong end of this one. When a hawk decides to take a dump, it goes horizontally with a great deal of force.:ROTF: :ROTF: :ROTF:

[heartfielder]

Gibson Blues Hawk perhaps ???

[Mr Graphic]

Thanks FETT, but there were two panes of glass between me and his dumper :ROTF:

Where are the kids? I know from personal experience that you are at the wrong end of this one. When a hawk decides to take a dump, it goes horizontally with a great deal of force.:ROTF: :ROTF: :ROTF:

[fett]

A kittyhawk?:ROTF: :ROTF: :ROTF:

[Mr Graphic]

Looks pretty damn close...

Sparrow hawk?



He's probably just waiting for his dinner to fly in!

[OnlineStageGear]

Hawks and Eagles are soo frekin cool.

[guitarsjb]

Cool!!

[bombtek]

that's a pigeon

[audiophile]

Both my brother and his girl are grad students specializing in these kind of subjects.
Had this to say.

"Nice pic. It's an Accipter (genus), either a Sharp-shinned hawk or a Cooper's hawk. Sharpies are smaller, but both will work a bird feeder. Both like wooded areas, though Coop's frequently are found around water. It's tough to tell the two apart without seeing them for real or having a size reference in the pic. I guessed a Sharp-shinned hawk by the fact there's no light feathering between the top of the head and the back. Julie guessed a Cooper's based on the length of the tail. "

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/AboutBirdsandFeeding/accipiterIDtable.htm

[Mr Graphic]

Excellent info, thanks very much!

Both my brother and his girl are grad students specializing in these kind of subjects.
Had this to say.

"Nice pic. It's an Accipter (genus), either a Sharp-shinned hawk or a Cooper's hawk. Sharpies are smaller, but both will work a bird feeder. Both like wooded areas, though Coop's frequently are found around water. It's tough to tell the two apart without seeing them for real or having a size reference in the pic. I guessed a Sharp-shinned hawk by the fact there's no light feathering between the top of the head and the back. Julie guessed a Cooper's based on the length of the tail. "

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/Abo...terIDtable.htm

[Mr Graphic]

Thanks Dave!

Awesome photo Doug. I love Hawks

[RacerX]

Heh, he looks pretty determined!