http://www.whatbird.com/forums/forums/10/ShowForum.aspxTO LEAVE A MESSAGE OR UPLOAD A PHOTO YOU NEED TO JOIN THE FORUM. TO JOIN CLICK ON THE "JOIN" LINK IN THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER OF THIS PAGE. If you are having trouble identifying a particular bird use this forum to post your question. Give all the identifying marks you can remember. PLEASE: Be sure and tell us the state or province you are in. If you have a photo of your bird upload it to the Photo Galleries area. Clicking on the "Notify" icon in the forum will send an email when your question is answered. DO NOT SEND US EMAILS! We can only answer in the forum.enCommunityServer 2.1 SP3 (Build: 20423.1)http://www.whatbird.com/forums/forums/thread/58383.aspxSun, 07 Sep 2008 13:39:16 GMT043f7e55-290a-4b01-a6c2-ce179dd3d836:58383Raptor0http://www.whatbird.com/forums/forums/thread/58383.aspxhttp://www.whatbird.com/forums/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=10&PostID=58383Hard to tell but with the lenght of that tail I would say Coopers.http://www.whatbird.com/forums/forums/thread/58357.aspxSun, 07 Sep 2008 02:38:59 GMT043f7e55-290a-4b01-a6c2-ce179dd3d836:58357kstenek0http://www.whatbird.com/forums/forums/thread/58357.aspxhttp://www.whatbird.com/forums/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=10&PostID=58357Is the white tip to the tail more of a Cooper's trait?http://www.whatbird.com/forums/forums/thread/58346.aspxSat, 06 Sep 2008 23:39:29 GMT043f7e55-290a-4b01-a6c2-ce179dd3d836:58346Chris Rezendes0http://www.whatbird.com/forums/forums/thread/58346.aspxhttp://www.whatbird.com/forums/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=10&PostID=58346<p>I'm fairly sure it's an immature Cooper's Hawk.&nbsp; I thought it was too large for a sharp-shinned, but I'm no expert.&nbsp; It clearly isn't a <i>Buteo</i> or falcon.&nbsp; Location is Taunton, Massachusetts.<br><br>What do you suppose happened to him, anyway?&nbsp; I figure he got caught hunting in another raptor's territory and paid the price, but it's just as likely a larger hawk simply got hungry.&nbsp; I figure it's also possible he simply died and was scavenged or, perhaps, attacked prey too large to carry away and ate it on the ground, leaving himself vulnerable to foxes, cats, and coyotes.<br></p><p>Tail, what little was left of the body, talons-<br>http://lh4.ggpht.com/C.L.Fuego/SLmw9OaqdhI/AAAAAAAABbc/LaKtVX3oH6Q/100_8865b.jpg</p><p>Right wing-<br>http://lh3.ggpht.com/C.L.Fuego/SLmxP3XSiDI/AAAAAAAABbk/e6D0dptCreY/100_8866b.jpg</p><p>Head-<br>http://lh5.ggpht.com/C.L.Fuego/SLmxi_NoaHI/AAAAAAAABbw/H1wSpyQy7w8/100_8869b.jpg&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>