Juveniles of both species have similar markings, with brown backs and dark streaks on their white undersides. But the streaks on a juvenile sharp-shinned are denser and extend farther down the ...

Bill Haley knows his hawks. Each fall, for the past 29 years, he makes daily trips to the Soddy Mountain Hawk Watch observatory to count birds. "You bring a chair, you sit and wait. It's kind of ...

If you speak hawk, the top three species that nest in our area are the “tails,” the “shoulders,” and the “Coops.” The red-tailed hawks are the largest of the three.

Cooper’s hawks do not migrate, at least not many in the Bay Area do. If, as you suspect, this is a juvenile hawk, it may be visiting while it scopes out its own territory.