![]() ![]() It’s on that basis that I feel pretty confident in saying that Kelly has taken an excellent picture of a Sharp-shinned Hawk.Īnother tip is that the dark grey coloration on the top of the head of the bird in the photo seems to continue down the back of the neck and connects with the dark coloration of the back. A Cooper’s Hawk’s tail at rest is rounded, with a larger white tip. One of the most easily noticed differences between the two birds is that the Sharp-shinned Hawk’s tail is squared off when resting, with the outer feathers slightly longer and a small cleft in the middle, and a thin white tip. In Kelly’s photograph, there are few size cues, so size isn’t much help here. But as with most raptors, females are considerably larger than males, and a large female Sharp-shinned Hawk is about the same size as a male Cooper’s Hawk, so unless you have the two species side by side, or the bird is definitely crow-sized, it’s difficult to use size to separate the two. The Cooper’s Hawk is considerably larger, about the size of a crow, while a Sharp-shinned Hawk is closer to the size of a Blue Jay. Their ranges overlap over most of North America. Cooper’s Hawks ( Accipiter cooperii) and Sharp-shinned are closely related and very similar small hawks. More Information: Your question is a very common one for birders. ![]() The Short Answer: Kelly, the bird in your picture looks like a Sharp-shinned Hawk ( Accipiter striatus) to me. We live in Caning, Nova Scotia and I do know it is very rare to have one around here, so if there is any way of letting us know if this is a Cooper’s Hawk or a Sharped-shinned Hawk. The Question: I am sending a picture of what I believe is a Coopers Hawk. ![]()
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