Looks like Cooper's Hawk but smaller is a common description of a Sharp-shinned Hawk.
Sharp-shinned and Cooper's are both accipiters, which hunt in forests, and have shorter wings than raptors who soar over prairies.
Juvenile accipiters have yellow eyes, which darken to orange or even red as they become adults. The bird you photographed recently looks to have orange eyes.
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Sharp-shinned and Cooper's are both accipiters, which hunt in forests, and have shorter wings than raptors who soar over prairies.
Juvenile accipiters have yellow eyes, which darken to orange or even red as they become adults. The bird you photographed recently looks to have orange eyes.
I'm going to guess Sharp-shinned Hawk.