On 7/30/2020 5:47 PM, Savageduck wrote:
On Jul 29, 2020, jmcquown wrote
(in article <H9jUG.123852$zX4.95070@fx41.iad>):
I don't get to see hawks close enough to be able to identify Cooper's or
Sharp Shinned. I just happened to look out the window and spotted this
one and had the camera handy:
https://i.postimg.cc/SKh8y3HN/young-hawk.jpg
It appears to be a young one. Rather small and very pretty! :)
Jill in Southern South Carolina
Hidden in/by brush as that bird is, my vote would be for a Sharp-Shinned rather than a Cooper’s Hawk.
Thanks! I've only ever seen a hawk on the ground once before. Oddly
enough, it was in nearly the same spot. The last time had to have been
in 2008 because my mother was still alive. We were sitting in the den
and I looked out the big picture window and said OMG, Mom, look at that!
That one was a full-grown hawk. The wingspan when it took off was astonishing. The size of this one makes me think it's still fairly young.
Jill in Southern South Carolina
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