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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LabradorDuck" data-source="post: 1727810" data-attributes="member: 80696">I think a mature Goshawk was out of contention based on the darkness of the belly and the lack of facial markings.  Immature Goshawk looks like it has white over the eyes as well, but it could be easier to miss, and the brown streaking might be difficult to tell from the reddish of Cooper's.  Here's a photo of mature and immature Goshawks: <a href="http://www.dnr.state.md.us/wildlife/art/rtenogoshawk.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.dnr.state.md.us/wildlife/art/rtenogoshawk.jpg</a>I still think adult Cooper's, female if it was mostly as large as it looked in the pictures.</blockquote>