Hawk ID
The young hawk in question is an immature Cooper's hawk. That was a toughie, since the bird was being held and its body was crumpled in an awkward fashion. The flat head should have been a big clue.I don't know what the final prognosis was for the bird, it did look good, there were no broken bones. This time of year a lot of young Coops learning to hunt fly into windows when pursuing birds at feeding stations.
posted by birdchick at 2:47 PM
4 Comments:
Immature Cooper's Hawk - I really did get it on my own, but the comments section wasn't enabled at the time.
BTA, Cinnammon's clue was no help.
Kathi
(Thanks for opening up your bog to comments.)
Woohoo! I got it right!
Well, at least my second guess was right... And I knew for sure that it was a juvenile!
And hey, I haven't said it yet, but thanks for opening up the comments! I will now spam you here with my rambling ADHD thoughts on your posts instead of in all the emails (although you will still get "What the heck is this?" mail w/pics from me!) *grin*
~The other Sharon
I love the "can you tell me what bird this is" emails. When I worked at the bird store people would bring in photos and body parts to id, it was a blast. Keep 'em coming.
Shaz
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