Upstream, someone suggested Cooper's I don't know how communal they are, but I've seen them near Diamond Lake (South Minneapolis). They also have a white tail band. We also have sharp-shinned hawks, but they're pretty small (according to
Pamela, if you can get a feel for the silhouette in flight, that will help. Cooper'ses(how do you pluralize a possessive that's also a name?) and sharp-shins look like a cross between falcons and a hawks. Short, widish wings and long, slender tail.
Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter has pictures and stuff http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/Infocenter/infocenter.html
And because I must dump every bit of info I have: buteo hawks have "fat" silhouettes--broad wings and a fan-like tail. Falcon's have sharp wings almost like gulls and slender tails.
AND there's a light form of the red-tail called Kreider's hawk. We saw a courting pair at my mother's--very cool. The Raptor Center has one. You should go there on a field trip. The Center is open most days to drop-in visitors.
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Might be Cooper's Hawks...
Date: 2005-08-16 02:11 pm (UTC)Pamela, if you can get a feel for the silhouette in flight, that will help. Cooper'ses(how do you pluralize a possessive that's also a name?) and sharp-shins look like a cross between falcons and a hawks. Short, widish wings and long, slender tail.
Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter has pictures and stuff
http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/Infocenter/infocenter.html
cooper's http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/Infocenter/i3330id.html
sharp-shinned http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/Infocenter/i3320id.html
And because I must dump every bit of info I have: buteo hawks have "fat" silhouettes--broad wings and a fan-like tail. Falcon's have sharp wings almost like gulls and slender tails.
AND there's a light form of the red-tail called Kreider's hawk. We saw a courting pair at my mother's--very cool. The Raptor Center has one. You should go there on a field trip. The Center is open most days to drop-in visitors.
Jan M