Coopers hawk

Kestrels are tiny little guys. Real fun to watch hunt.

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Too big to be a kestrel is what I meant to say. I typed that before my 1st cup of coffee this morning and apparently had a brain fart.

Sharp shinneds have square ends to their tails and the Cooper's are rounded. I can not tell from the picture if the tail is square or rounded. Sharpies are smaller than Cooper's
Yes the ketrels are very small and the photo is certainly not of a kestrel or sparrow hawk

Bryce

Coopers hawk, too large for SSHA. Look at the size of the fence slats. JMO

Can we have a " after the 12 guage salute" photo
I want to see what it did to the window screen.

lol!

Looks like a Coopers to me. We have both here and have seen them real close many times. Tail colors/ pattern seems to be in line with a Coopers Hawk.

Growing up, those used to land in the tops of a dead tree in sight of the coop. Dad called them chicken hawks. I got a real close look at a few of them when I was little, and found it interesting that the North American Chicken Hawk came in many different sizes, colors, and configurations, but they were all chicken hawks according to Dad.

Interesting story Sam!!! I probably doesn't really matter what the scientific name of these hawks, they are all after the same prey and are all killers.