Suburban Hawks? (1 Viewer)

[Northcountryman]

Good morning, I just observed a Hawk this am across the street from my house. My ID skills are very shaky with hawks, so Im not sure the species, but it looked like it could have been maybe a Coopers Hawk. Would they be likely to hang around in a suburban setting , albeit a transient, of course? What species of Hawk(s) would be most likely frequent suburban areas?

 

[Butty]

Location?

 

[Northcountryman]

Southern NY, more specifically, in Suffern, about 25 miles from NYC.

 

[KenM]

Good morning, I just observed a Hawk this am across the street from my house. My ID skills are very shaky with hawks, so Im not sure the species, but it looked like it could have been maybe a Coopers Hawk. Would they be likely to hang around in a suburban setting , albeit a transient, of course? What species of Hawk(s) would be most likely frequent suburban areas?

I’ve found Sharp-shinned and Cooper’s Hawks in the suburbs of Portland, Oregon...I might suggest that the former would be more frequent over the latter in most places in the US.

Cheers

 

[Northcountryman]

Maybe it was, but it appeared a little bigger than that to me.

 

[KenM]

Maybe it was, but it appeared a little bigger than that to me.

Of course Red-tailed Hawks would be fairly common with broad wings they might be candidates go on line for images and compare like for like.

Cheers

 

[alanc]

while you are looking at images online, try Red-shouldered hawk as well

best alan

 

[Northcountryman]

Yeah, could have been that one, perhaps, as well; IDK, Hawking (if such a term exists, lol) really isn't my forte, I guess