Bird photos by Bill Walker

Cooper's Hawk

Oct 29, 2004 at Charleston Slough

This guy landed just ten feet in front of me, and held still for long enough to snap off a few shots.

Bob Power notes: "[this bird] has that classic rectangular blocky head look of a Coop. Brown streaks indicate juvenile. Sharpy's don't raise their hackles and always look round-headed. Streaks get blotchy or spotty as you go down the flanks, not more thickly streaked like the Sharp-shinned. Flanks should be more contrasty (orange flanks vs. brown back) if it was a juvie sharp-shinned."

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