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[Beach Bum]

Need identification help. We have three of them and they look like juveniles.

 

[Beach Bum]

The chest is brown speckled in the top half and pure white in the bottom half. Their call is a long sckreee, similar to a Red Tailed Hawk. Thoughts?

 

[Corvus cornix]

Sharp-shinned Hawk?

 

[string boozel]

I was leaning towards Cooper's, it's got a large headed look about it and though it's not easy to be sure, a rounded tail. I've only seen a few of each so cannot claim to be an expert.

James.

 

[Peter C.]

I agree Cooper's Hawk (although it really is tough with juveniles); seems to be a shorter outer tail feather, and the white band at the tip is quite obvious.

 

[Corvus cornix]

Cooper's was my other option. I'll go with folks with more experience

Cheers

 

[Beach Bum]

I agree Cooper's Hawk (although it really is tough with juveniles); seems to be a shorter outer tail feather, and the white band at the tip is quite obvious.

Here's a front view. I apologize for my photography.

 

[Beach Bum]

Cooper's was my other option. I'll go with folks with more experience

Cheers

Thanks. I think I going with juvenile Cooper's Hawk based on the audio that I checked a Allaboutbirds. The sounds are different from the Sharp Shinned and, beyond that, I'm looking at juveniles, which is tough.

I'm not much of an expert on identification, although I've been an Audubon member in the past. I'm just curious when I get a new member to my backyard community.

Any additional thoughts are much appreciated.

 

[Jeff Hopkins]

I go with Cooper's based on the front view.

 

[ceasar]

Looks like Cooper's but the call is a problem. Cooper's call is a harsh "kek kek kek kek."

Sharpshin's call is a high pitched "kee kee kee" according to Wheeler but "nestlings and fledglings emit an equally high pitched kree" p.162 Eastern Edition.

It sounds like it is a begging call from a young juvenile Coopers.

Bob

 

[Larry Lade]

A young Cooper's Hawk for me also.