The shoulders look massive.. I've seen a sharpie chasing a Blue Jay and got
pictures, and the Sharpie was NO bigger than the Blue Jay! Just from looks
I guess it's most confusing because a small male Coopers Hawk can be the
same size as a large female Sharpie.. But the sound seems like a good clue!
I think of Coopers Hawks as saying "Kek-Kek" and Sharpies something more
like 'Que Que".. but don' t have much experience comparing the sounds..



On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 9:29 AM, cynthia crawford <
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> Thanks Vic, for that affirmation, but I have to say, I am not an expert
> ant hawk i.d.  I think there is some chance this bird might be a
> Sharp-shinned Hawk. I based my decision on what looks like a larger head,
> and perhaps a larger bird, a longish rounded tail, and, probably a young
> bird as the eye is still yellow and the coloring is brownish. The angle of
> view in my pictures could be deceptive. I would expect an expert might even
> have more to say.  I also hear some "kik" calls -I interrupted this birds
> meal and got scolded!
>
> Interesting that Blue Jays are getting hit-we have many of them this
> year-sometimes 17+ at a time.  That is unusual where I live.
>
> Cynthia Crawford
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> On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 7:32 AM, Victor Henningsen <[log in to unmask]
> > wrote:
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>> Meant to post this earlier.  Last Friday morning, the 9th, we watched for
>> almost two hours as a hawk calmly devoured a hapless blue jay underneath a
>> feeder we hang from an apple tree.  We don't have a decent camera but were
>> able to spend a good bit of time with binoculars and scope watching the
>> event.  Based on white speckles on the scapulars, we tentatively identified
>> the culprit as a juvenile red tail. But Cynthia Crawford's post and
>> pictures this morning sent us back to our guides and field notes.  Based on
>> a closer reading of bird behavior and feeding habits and a review of our
>> field notes, we now believe what we saw was a juvenile Cooper's Hawk,
>> particularly given that one mark we noted clearly was that the tip of its
>> bill was dark, almost black.  The only remaining doubt is that the tail of
>> the bird we saw didn't look as long as the guides indicate for the
>> Cooper's. But Cynthia's pictures resemble the bird we saw and, bowing to
>> her superior expertise, we'll revise our log.  We need to get a decent
>> camera!
>>
>> Either way it was a dramatic event. Nothing left at the end of the meal
>> but a few feathers — not even a stray bone. Felt bad eating breakfast while
>> this was going on outside the window, but the  chickadees continued to
>> frequent the feeder during the latter part of the feast, so we weren't
>> alone.
>>
>> This listserv is enormously useful for those of us who are what might
>> charitably be called "emerging birders."  Thanks to those who post to it
>> and maintain it.
>>
>> Vic Henningsen
>> Thetford Center
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