What is this bird?

[Kessel23]

Sorry about the poor quality.
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This one looks like a juvenile Prairie Falcon to me.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Prairie_Falcon/media-browser/408067

Prairie falcons are similar to peregrine falcons but the main difference is the color, peregrines are darker. Beak and head shape is also different. Both birds are pretty much the same size though and they both hunt similar prey and have similar markings. I am not sure it is a Prairie falcon, lots of falcons look the same to me, it is even harder to tell juveniles and immature falcons apart.

 

[Tesumph]

This one was tiny, like smaller than a pigeon
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Definitely sharp shinned hawk. How cute.

 

[centrarchid]

First looks like a Prairie Falcon or a cross between a Prairies Falcon and a Peregrine Falcon. Second a Coopers Hawk.

 

[The Phantom]

Here is another picture from 9-10-2018
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That looks exactly like the one that terrorized my flock. Thankfully he never got any. He almost got my one EE but she is sooo crazy fast so she was lucky. After that I kept them locked up until it left.

 

[casportpony]

The one from today almost got some of my chicks but the momma hen chased after it!

 

[centrarchid]

The one from today almost got some of my chicks but the momma hen chased after it!

That is typical outcome here.

For some reason I have not seen a hawk flying over my place for months. Very different from previous years. I am also seeing sick songbirds but resolved not to inform wildlife managers for my state anymore because they are do nothings. Worthless.

 

[MissChick@dee]

Kestrel hawk. We have them in Caliente Nevada they migrate. Here they are protected. (At least that’s what we call them) There is about 8 varieties. They are smaller and slightly built. We get 3 varieties here in our valley.

 

[MROO]

If you scroll down past the main article at this site:
http://www.surfbirds.com/namericanbirds/hawk-owl.html
there's a picture that looks a lot like your visitor. It's tentatively identified as a Broad Winged Hawk. I don't know if the id is correct, but the bird looks nearly identical.

 

[Wee Timmy]

I’m a birder and nature photographer, I can tell you that the leg banded bird is a prairie falcon, the second one is a young Cooper’s hawk.

 

[Animalfisherwoman]

Coopers Hawk?