Sharp-shinned hawk. L.A. Times Archives. Sept. 27, 2005 12 AM PT . Share via Close extra sharing options. ... its tail is banded and the juvenile bird has many brown streaks. Advertisement.

The Cooper's hawk has a large, block-shaped head with a dark cap contrasting with a pale nape. When perched, the tail tip of a sharp-shinned appears squared off, while the Cooper's has a rounded ...

Note that the sharp-shinned has a tail squared at the tip and a comparatively shallow irregular wing beat, whereas the Cooper's has a tail rounded at the tip and flies with deep deliberate strokes ...

Both the sharp-shinned and the Cooper’s hawk are common in and around Santa Fe, but it can be difficult to tell them apart. The biggest difference between them is size. Cooper’s hawks are ...

A red-tailed hawk, which outweighs a sharp-shinned by a factor of six or seven, had been tracing lazy circles overhead. Suddenly, a female sharp-shinned hawk materialized and began strafing the ...

Sharp-shinned hawks range from 10 to 14 inches, again with females larger than males. A small male Cooper’s can be the size of a large female sharp-shin. If in doubt, try to get a look at the tail.

One of the classic tricky identifications in the birding world is distinguishing a sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter striatus) from a Cooper’s hawk (Accipiter cooperii): both are accipiters (a type ...

Almost identical in size, a young male sharp-shinned hawk and an adult blue jay have very little to fear from one another. That does not change the attitude of the jays, however. A sharp-shinned hawk ...

The sharp-shinned hawk, commonly called a sharpie, is a small hawk with a big attitude. About the size of a blue jay, it is the smallest hawk in North America. No matter.

Red-tailed hawks eat mostly mammals, so they're less likely to visit a popular feeder than a Cooper's or sharp-shinned hawk is. It's very rare for a red-tailed hawk to go after dogs or cats.