Hawk ID Please

[aart]

For those who know their birds of prey....can you tell me what this hawk is?
Pretty sure it's a fledging/juvenile, there were 2 of them and another farther away all screaming....mama forcing the young to feed themselves I imagine.

The pipe it's sitting on is about 1 inch in diameter

This hawk is not in my backyard, but a friends who doesn't have chickens.
She's an animal lover to the Nth degree, when she realizes its feeding off the songbirds she has 10 feeders for, she's not going to be as enthralled about seeing it.

They were about 20 feet away from their house, got some pretty incredible pics of them.

 

[centrarchid]

Coopers Hawk juvenile. No scale for reference but legs on related and smaller Sharp-Shinned Hawk would appear more delicate. Also look at feathers on tail where outer feathers are shorter giving a rounded look while those of the Sharp-Shinned Hawk would give a squarish look. Head of Coopers is more angular but you need two species side by side to compare and that is most evident in adult birds. They are really easy to tell apart in flight where Coopers have a direct flight with head extended well beyond front of wings while Sharp-Shinned has a bouncer flight where head appears tucked back.

 

[BantamLover21]

Looks like a Coopers Hawk to me.

 

[aart]

Coopers Hawk juvenile. No scale for reference but legs on related and smaller Sharp-Shinned Hawk would appear more delicate. Also look at feathers on tail where outer feathers are shorter giving a rounded look while those of the Sharp-Shinned Hawk would give a squarish look. Head of Coopers is more angular but you need two species side by side to compare and that is most evident in adult birds. They are really easy to tell apart in flight where Coopers have a direct flight with head extended well beyond front of wings while Sharp-Shinned has a bouncer flight where head appears tucked back.

For those who know their birds of prey....can you tell me what this hawk is?
Pretty sure it's a fledging/juvenile, there were 2 of them and another farther away all screaming....mama forcing the young to feed themselves I imagine.

The pipe it's sitting on is about 1 inch in diameter

This hawk is not in my backyard, but a friends who doesn't have chickens.
She's an animal lover to the Nth degree, when she realizes its feeding off the songbirds she has 10 feeders for, she's not going to be as enthralled about seeing it.

They were about 20 feet away from their house, got some pretty incredible pics of them.

Thanks!

 

[centrarchid]

Then Coopers for sure.

 

[happyfrenchman]

I concur. Coopers hawk. I had one kill a small pullet. I don't think they will attack a full grown chicken but I wouldn't rule them out either. They are adept at flying through thick cover to get their prey and they are relentless. .

 

[centrarchid]

They will go after full sized chickens, especially hens that simply try to run. Does not happen very often. They target juveniles and chicks when adults not around.