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seelyea

ASJ

• Oct 9, 2020

• #1

Please help me confirm these ids.

1) Philadelphia Vireo

2) Connecticut Warbler

3) Nashville Warbler

4) House Finch

5) Sharp-shinned Hawk

 

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rkj

Well-known member

• Oct 9, 2020

• #2

It would help if you could post larger photos - it is hard to see details on these.

 

Larry Sweetland

Formerly 'Larry Wheatland'

• Oct 9, 2020

• #3

I think you're right with 1,3,4. Think 2 certainly isn't Connecticut, prob another Nashville. Pass on the accipiter

 

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birdmeister

Well-known member

• Oct 9, 2020

• #4

Larry Sweetland said:

I think you're right with 1,3,4. Think 2 certainly isn't Connecticut, prob another Nashville. Pass on the accipiter

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I agree with Larry, and I think the accipiter is an immature Cooper's Hawk.

 

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seelyea

ASJ

• Oct 10, 2020

• #5

Thanks!

 

Hamhed

Well-known member

• Oct 10, 2020

• #6

birdmeister said:

I agree with Larry, and I think the accipiter is an immature Cooper's Hawk.

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Would you say part of your identification of the hawk is the amount of white in the tail tip?

Steve

 

dantheman

Bah humbug

• Oct 10, 2020

• #7

Hamhed said:

Would you say part of your identification of the hawk is the amount of white in the tail tip?

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Surely the head to body proportions are wrong for a small hawk ie jizz is decidedly on the side of Cooper's?

 

The Bird Nuts

Birding Duo

• Oct 10, 2020

• #8

dantheman said:

Surely the head to body proportions are wrong for a small hawk ie jizz is decidedly on the side of Cooper's?

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Yes, proportions and head shape say Cooper's all the way.

 

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birdmeister

Well-known member

• Oct 11, 2020

• #9

Hamhed said:

Would you say part of your identification of the hawk is the amount of white in the tail tip?

Steve

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I tend not to use the tail tip as a reliable clue, given its variability. As others have now chimed in below, I used general shape and head as overall clues.