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This yellow-eyed, juvenile accipiter is either a
Sharp-shinned or Cooper's Hawk. And it probably would have an interesting tale to tell for the bottom feathers on its tail were rather crumpled and frayed!
T
he condition of its tail feathers make identification of this accipiter a bit more difficult.
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The Sharp-shinned Hawk has a shorter, squared off tail while a Cooper's Hawk has a slightly rounded tail. Another difference between a Cooper's Hawk
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and Sharp-shinned is size. This hawk was quite large; larger than the usual Sharp-shins that I see occasionally
in our feeder area.
As well as its size, and dubiously rounded tail; its head, when seen in profile, seemed rather flat.
A flat, rather than a rounded head, is also a sometimes mentioned characteristic of a Cooper's Hawk.
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