Hi Jane et al.: The accipiter in your picture is a Cooper's Hawk, diagnosable as such for a variety of reasons, among them: 1) eye is small relative to size of head (Sharp-shinned has eyes that dominate their small heads); 2) tail is long with the outermost rectrices obviously shorter than the rest (Sharp-shinned typically has all tail feathers virtually the same length); and 3) white tip to tail wide and obvious (Sharp-shinned has a narrower whitish tail tip). Because of the skewed ratio of responses getting the correct ID, I sent the link to Jerry Liguori (author of Hawks From Every Angle) for confirmation of my thoughts on the beastie and his response was: "Coop for sure (probably male), long tail with wide white tip, tawny head that looks large, rufous tips are broad on rump (if that's the rump, doesn't matter though because the tips are broader all over on coops)."
Respectfully, Tony Leukering Villas, NJ Topic: sharpie or coopers? Arapahoe County, CO. Jane Isaacs <[email protected]> Dec 31 09:09AM -0800 ^ http://www.jrwildphoto.com/Jane_and_Rogers_2009_travels/Sharpie_or_Coopers.html I have posted a link to my webpage with a photo of a bird. I think it's a sharpie but maybe you think it's a coopers. It was taken on Jackass Hill, Littleton, CO in December of this year. Jane Isaacs Nicolle Martin <[email protected]> Dec 31 02:42PM -0700 ^ I vote Sharpie. Nicolle Martin Littleton, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
