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Cooper's Hawk?

Started by JD_Wpg, Jul 14 2012 08:36 PM

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#1 JD_Wpg

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Posted 14 July 2012 - 08:36 PM

These have been nesting in my oak tree in Winnipeg, MB. Can someone confirm that they are Cooper's Hawks? We have been enjoying watching them in our yard. Sorry for the image quality, but they are always in the shade of the trees.

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#2 Sparky the Cuttlefish

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Posted 14 July 2012 - 08:41 PM

Yup, Cooper's Hawks. Cool shots!

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#3 ceylon

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Posted 14 July 2012 - 09:52 PM

Welcome to Whatbird! They are good shots.

My "best" lifers; Golden Eagle and Crested Mynah.

New birds 2013; Red Flanked Bluetail (Queen's Park, New Westminster Jan 15, 2013), Gyrfalcon (Hastings Park/Viterra building near Second Narrows, Jan 26, 2013), Brambling (Laurel/17th Feb 5th/2013), Red-naped Sapsucker (west side of Fraserview golf course, in lane by 7878 Vivian, Apr 5/2013). Sora (pond at Colony Farm April 8/13). Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Col Farm May 26/13). Lazuli Bunting and WETA May 2013 Col Farm).

New birds 2012; Black throated gray warbler, Cassin's vireo, (Hammond's Flycatcher,Chipping Sparrow were id'd at bird banding station), Vaux Swift, Cliff Swallow, Dowitcher, Merlin, Peregrine, Eastern Kingbird, Spotted Sandpiper, YHBB, Caspian Tern, Purple Martin, Warbling Vireo, Western Tanager.

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#4 JD_Wpg

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Posted 14 July 2012 - 10:16 PM

Thanks for the confirmation. We have had big discussions with the books here in the backyard trying to figure out what they were. I'm surprised how fun they are to watch and how attentive the parents are to the little ones.

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#5 BarnSwallow

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Posted 14 July 2012 - 11:29 PM

Agree with Cooper's. That's a great shot of the tail, with the shorter outer tail feathers (the outer feathers are underneath the tail when it's folded) that differentiate it from the sharp-shinned hawk.