Any birding people here?

reible · Post by **reible** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:45 pm

The hawk was shot with a Canon SX40 HS. The EXIF data info was left when I reduced the image size if you care to look at that.

Ed

carverken · Post by **carverken** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 7:17 am

The Coopers hawk is a good guess but without looking at the end of the tail or a size it could be a sharpshinned hawk.
The sharpshinned hawk is 10 to 14 inches and has a tail rounded at the bottom. The coopers is 14 to 20 inches and is flat accross the bottom. Great shots though.
Be Safe,
Ken

pennview · Post by **pennview** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 9:35 am

Thanks Ed, I looked at the EXIF data using something called -- Jeffrey's Exif Viewer. Didn't think to use it before asking. Again, nice photos.

reible · Post by **reible** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 4:29 pm

Not much of a new photo but this was in the same area, say less then a mile away from the other pictures. This time it landed on a roof for just a moment, just long enough for me to zoom and shoot. Looks a lot like the other one but this time you have tail feathers to see.

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Ed

S Brian · Post by **S Brian** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 7:59 pm

Good pictures of the Cooper's Ed. I am a birder and the Cooper's and Sharp-shinned are members of the Accipiter Family. Also included in the family are the Northern Goshawk and Northern Harrier. The Cooper's/Sharpie have long tails and short wings, which allow them to maneuver easily through the woods, where their main fare is smaller song birds.