Sharp Shinned? Sussex county New Jersey USA (1 Viewer)

[m.skalla]

Seen today. By flight I thinks its a Sharpie but want to be sure before adding to ebird.

 

[Butty]

Blotchy underparts (rather than streaks, becoming increasingly fine towards lower belly) = sharp-shinned hawk.

 

[rkj]

The wing shape, with a gentle S-curve on the leading edge, also supports this being Sharp-shinned Hawk. The wing shape can vary from moment-to-moment in flight, but with all of your photos showing this it favors Sharp-shinned over Cooper's Hawk. Cooper's usually has a straighter front to the wings.

 

[m.skalla]

Thanks Butty and rkj