What is this bird?

[Kylo_Hen!]

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looks like a yong coopers hawk i get them in my yard and the other is a prairie falcon!i am a birder

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Woah...I had to do a double take when I read this post.

Good to see ya around girl!

Howdy!!

 

[Kiki]

Howdy!!

 

[casportpony]

Stunning! Love that striped tail.
Could also be a sharp shinned hawk, they look very similar but are much smaller than Cooper’s.

This one was tiny, like smaller than a pigeon

 

[Kessel23]

This one was tiny, like smaller than a pigeon
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That one is a sharp shinned hawk, I believe.

 

[casportpony]

encourage the crows they are very territorial and will fight off predators

I am quite happy to have the crows! I even feed them, lol.

almost looks like a juvie eagle, almost

I've never seen an eagle I don't think.

Both the birds I saw this week were crow size or maybe a little bigger than a crow.

 

[casportpony]

That one is a sharp shinned hawk, I believe.

I think you might be right.

 

[Kessel23]

scratch that "I believe" part, it is definitely a Northern Sharp-Shinned hawk.

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Sharp-shinned_Hawk/id

 

[perchie.girl]

we have golden eagles nesting in our power towers.... Birders from all round come to snap pictures....
Amazing.... They can dive with wings tucked down the middle of the tower then popem open at the bottom to shoot out and away. they either nest in the tower ow up a canyon ninety degrees from this valley.

deb

 

[Kessel23]

Here is another picture from 9-10-2018
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This one is an immature Cooper's hawk
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Coopers_Hawk