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Monday in Nature, 2 March 2020


DavidTriplett

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Our little corner of the Valley tends to collect weather systems coming off the Great Salt Lake. After hours of snow today it looked like there might be a bit of clearing to the north-west, so I packed up and drove out to Antelope Island. No surprise, really, but there was no snow and quite a lovely day, setting up to a marvelous sunset. I managed to capture this fellow against the skyline, just as the sun was approaching the horizon.

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Not sure if this is a Cooper's or a Sharp-Shinned Hawk.

Dunno. Hard to tell without seeing the head-to-back area for any color gap. If I have to guess, it is more likely a sharp-Skinned Hawk as the tail pattern seems more neatly rectangular than that of most Cooper's.

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Not sure if this is a Cooper's or a Sharp-Shinned Hawk.

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The perennial conundrum with these two species. I'm going Coopers - based on the way the "forehead" slopes down to the bill, and the rounded tail tip with fairly broad white terminal band. Other opinions?

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The perennial conundrum with these two species. I'm going Coopers - based on the way the "forehead" slopes down to the bill, and the rounded tail tip with fairly broad white terminal band. Other opinions?

Based on the descriptions I've read, I do believe the tail tells the tale, and would also vote 'Coopers.'

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Not sure if this is a Cooper's or a Sharp-Shinned Hawk.

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Dieter, If your other pictures at Flickr are the same hawk, I’d probably go 70/30 for Cooper’s. Always a tough one for me, especially when I’m trying to identify at a distance, in flight, through binocs.

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