Couple pic's small Hawk in

GaryL · Post by **GaryL** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 11:14 am

The yard this morning, caught it's self a small chipmunk but missed the pic.

was too fast fer me....

Revival · Post by **Revival** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 4:21 pm

Very cool.

Last week a hawk grabbed a squirrel and was munching down in a tree outside a window at work. It was cool to watch and even more entertaining to hear all the comments. Full range from "cool" to "gross".

mdcrossbow · Post by **mdcrossbow** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 4:29 pm

Gary, these birds a very cool to watch. I have seen them catch small critters but never seem to get a pic of them in action.

justin · Post by **justin** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 6:26 pm

Nice Pics.

My guess would be a male sharp-shinned or maybe a male coopers.

They are very similar except for size. Can't tell size from the pics, but the sharp-shinned is the smaller one.

wabi · Post by **wabi** » Sun May 01, 2005 8:35 am

The Cooper's and Sharp-shinned are very similar and can be hard to identify. Here's a link that has some good info, and might help in figuring out which one you're looking at:
http://birds.cornell.edu/pfw/AboutBirds ... Dtable.htm