A sharp-shinned hawk has pencil-thin legs, while a Cooper's hawk has noticeably thick legs. The sharp-shinned hawk has a small, rounded head with a gray cap extending from the crown to the nape.

Georgia is home to a variety of diverse wildlife, whether you’re looking at the native flora and fauna or visiting some of ...

Home of the Big Apple itself, you may not think of hawks when you think of New York. In fact, when you think of New York, the ...

A blue jay (top left) and an immature sharp-shinned hawk (bottom right) take flight from an Eastern cottonwood during an ongoing feud that was amusing to observe.

The sharp-shinned hawk, commonly called a sharpie, is a small hawk with a big attitude.

The sharp-shinned hawk is about 11 inches long from head to tail and this is exactly the same length as that of the blue jay. As a result, they tend to focus their predatory efforts on birds that are ...

A sharp-shinned hawk could represent a threat to a fledgling jay, so the general attitude of all jays is one of aggression and intolerance of the hawks.

The blue flash will be either a sharp-shinned or a Cooper's hawk — the infamous "chicken hawks" of rural lore that primarily feed on other birds.

As their name suggests, sharp-shinned hawks have very slender legs and wings for navigating dense forests. They remind us to look beyond limiting beliefs and recognize the gifts in ourselves and ...

One of the smallest raptors, the sharp-shinned hawk is a highly skilled predator that can be seen terrorizing sparrows and other small birds throughout the Helena Valley.

At Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, bird watchers found it was a good year for broad-wing hawks but a less successful year for other species. The sanctuary looks at 10-year trends.

A sharp-shinned hawk, which was banded earlier in the day, is released Sept. 25, 2022, by a staff member at Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory in Duluth, Minnesota.