Cooper's Hawk?

[yourlibrarian]

Mike and I were wondering why there were no little birdies at the food plate one morning, but a look at the nearby tree explained it quickly! The top photo is a close up of its head, the second of the whole body in the tree.



We think it might be a Cooper's Hawk, which is what the bird at the bottom is (I took that some years ago). The bird did seem smaller than the Cooper's, which we've seen on a number of occasions and gets fairly good sized. When it flew away the wing span seemed larger compared to its body as well. But maybe it's a juvenile.

Comments

[dhampyresa]

What an awesome bird!

[yourlibrarian]

Definitely not something we see every day!