Thursday, March 3, 2016

Which is Which?

Sharp-shinned Hawk or Cooper's Hawk

It's that time again to sharpening up your bird identifying skills.  The Accipiter family of hawks can be tricky group to ID especially, between the Sharp-shinned and Cooper's.  These woodland hawks are very skillful at chasing birds on the wing through tight spaces in the woods.  I'm going to be make it even more trickier by adding some immatures.  Can you tell them apart?

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