Identify this bird in NE Pennsylvania (1 Viewer)

tpetchy

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• Apr 28, 2016

• #1

I was mowing the grass last week when I noticed this bird which I never seen in the area before. It stayed in the same place, for about half an hour, even while I mowed underneath it. Can anyone identify it?

 

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KGS

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• Apr 28, 2016

• #2

Cooper's Hawk

 

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fugl

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• Apr 28, 2016

• #3

Dto

 

KC Foggin

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• Apr 28, 2016

• #4

Yup, Cooper's

 

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ceasar

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• Apr 29, 2016

• #5

Agree. If it was in Plains, which isn't far from me, I might have seen it flying around my area.

Bob

 

tpetchy

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• May 2, 2016

• #6

At first I also thought it was a Cooper's Hawk but the bird I saw has no brown on its breast. I thought it might be a Goshawk because of its light blue-gray and almost black color. However, NE PA is very near the bottom of its range.

 

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Sangahyando

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• May 2, 2016

• #7

tpetchy said:

At first I also thought it was a Cooper's Hawk but the bird I saw has no brown on its breast. I thought it might be a Goshawk because of its light blue-gray and almost black color. However, NE PA is very near the bottom of its range.

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Also, a Goshawk would fly away if you moved that close. They are very shy (at least over here), despite (or because of?) being used to human presence.