What bird did I see?

[carl1647545492]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/carlukok/DSC04642.jpg

Saw this in the back garden went out to get a closer picture and he flew off.

[RC K9]

An awesome one.

 

Can't tell what kind of hawk it is though. Doesn't look like its got a red tail...

 

My guess is a Coopers Hawk.

 

http://www.ohio-nature.com/ohio-birds-of-prey.html

[ImUrOBGYN]

Nice. Looks like a Cooper's.

[jeffro]

See these all the time on power lines in Delaware county.. +1 for cooper.

[2 Sweet]

Sea Falcon

[criitter7]

I see 3 of these daily at work... Thursday saw one swoop down and grab a mouse, that was 20 or so yards away from me, very cool to watch

[TTQ B4U]

Looks like a Cooper or Red-Tailed to me but I'm no expert. Tons of them out now scavenging for rodents that are rushing to stock up on food for the winter. We have one that hangs around. I chopped off a bit at the bottom but was trying to move quick to get him before he got spooked.

 

He sits on our fence and in 1-2 flaps of his wings is gone into a silent glide before he hits whatever he's spotted. I've seen him clip the head off a pigeon with his talons. Very cool to see.

 

http://i541.photobucket.com/albums/gg378/pdqgp/hawk.jpg

[carl1647545492]

^ This looks right.

Whatever it is he is looking around for for something to eat we have rabbits field mice and all sorts under our deck.

[Tractor]

More likely to be a red tail hawk. I'm no expert, but the coopers hawk is much more rare around here and I can easily spot you 5-10 red tails on any 10 mile stretch of highway this time of year. They go through different color patterns as well as male and females being different looking so sometimes they don't look like the name would suggest "red tail." Cooper's are small by comparison.

[mrs.cos]

http://www.avianweb.com/images/birds/hawks/chicken.jpg

 

Red Tail IMHO

[ImUrOBGYN]

I am sorry, but that is very clearly a Cooper's Hawk. Not only is the build not heavy enough for a Red Tail, but the tail is banded. Another dead give away.

[CRed05]

I am sorry, but that is very clearly a Cooper's Hawk. Not only is the build not heavy enough for a Red Tail, but the tail is banded. Another dead give away.

 

+1

 

I don't know shit about Hawks but I'm pretty good at playing naked photo hunt.

 

 

http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20070102052352/wikiality/images/e/e2/Chickenhawk.gif

 

chicken hawk

[zeitgeist57]

Always good to see these birds of prey in action. Moar hawks/falcons/eagles, less pests in our neighborhoods.

[ChevyMan1972]

Last Saturday our family was traveling down North 71 just before Polaris and saw a Baled Eagle flying up overhead... freaking awesome!!

[RC K9]

I am sorry, but that is very clearly a Cooper's Hawk. Not only is the build not heavy enough for a Red Tail, but the tail is banded. Another dead give away.

 

That's what I was thinking. I debated between the two for a little while but the banded tail and slenderness of the hawk have me leaning towards Coopers.

 

Though I absolutely agree with previous statements that redtails are one of the, if not THE most widespread Hawk in OH. Seems to be the same here in DFW as well.

 

A few years ago out past Mt. Sterling, I was on me way to a check in station to check in a deer I had just shot and I saw a leucistic red tail. That was one of the coolest things I have ever seen. I had to call the ODNR to find our what exactly it was that I saw.

 

Hawks are amazing. We used to play a game as a kid on road trips to see who could spot the most hawks. If you called a hawk first, you got a point, if you called a crow as a hawk, you lost a point. I still do it today with my wife.

 

Good times.

 

/ boring story.

[mrs.cos]

Actually after looking at the Cornell universitys Sight Reporting maps, they both seem pretty common in ohio, though the coopers is still lesser than the redtail

 

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Coopers_Hawk/id

Sight map

 

 

 

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-tailed_Hawk/id

Sighting Map

[Mr. Jones]

Looks lik3 a bird.

[TTQ B4U]

OP Needs more zoom

[motozachl]

chickaduck

[AC66Bronco]

+1 to it being a coopers hawk

 

we used to have one up here that would dive bomb our bushes for the other birds.

 

a few times he sent the kittahs tearing out of there

 

was amusing.

[ImUrOBGYN]

That's what I was thinking. I debated between the two for a little while but the banded tail and slenderness of the hawk have me leaning towards Coopers.

 

Though I absolutely agree with previous statements that redtails are one of the, if not THE most widespread Hawk in OH. Seems to be the same here in DFW as well.

 

A few years ago out past Mt. Sterling, I was on me way to a check in station to check in a deer I had just shot and I saw a leucistic red tail. That was one of the coolest things I have ever seen. I had to call the ODNR to find our what exactly it was that I saw.

 

Hawks are amazing. We used to play a game as a kid on road trips to see who could spot the most hawks. If you called a hawk first, you got a point, if you called a crow as a hawk, you lost a point. I still do it today with my wife.

 

Good times.

 

/ boring story.

 

In all the places I've lived over the US, redtail has got to be the most common/widespread hawk that I've seen. I've always thought it'd be cool to own a raptor as a pet. (Including the dinosaur. ) I've especially always wanted a big, beautiful owl.

[Rustlestiltskin]

Looks like the great north american Pigeon