What Kind Of Hawk Is This, Please.

[NottinghamChicks]

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Your Brother is correct!!! I love a godd "Birder".

 

[kristen2678]

Coopers. Potential threat to any LF chicken. Just had one take out my EE. The hawk was 3 feet in front of me and wouldn't fly away until threatened with a shovel from inches....... The chicken was bigger than the hawk by far.

 

[kristen2678]

Dup. sorry.

 

[chickengrl]

Looks like the hawk that just killed my full grown ameraucana blue hen while out free ranging. We think it was a Coopers too.

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/AboutBirdsandFeeding/accipiterIDtable.htm

The Cooper's is crow-sized, the Sharp-shinned is more like a dove size.

The broad-winged has a 30-36" wing span and sits 11-17" tall.

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

A Cooper's Hawk is also known as a "chicken hawk" for a good reason. They will take out LF chickens if hungry enough. They eat ring neck pheasants as well.

 

[redhen]

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Smarty pants..

 

[redhen]

Thanks for the info everyone...
So.. its either a Coopers or a Broad-winged hawk then..

That day he didnt get anyone...
The chickens took cover for a while and it finally left...
It'll be back though... especially as the winter gets harder here.

 

[CMV]

I can't quite tell if it's a Cooper's or a broad-winged, but I will tell you that I have a resident pair of broad-winged hawks that live near me (for several years now) and they have never been a problem. They hang around and often scope out my birds, but they have never made an attempt on any birds- even when they could have easily snapped up a quick meal. Cooper's hawks, on the other hand, have proven themselves to be a problem.

 

[libertychicken]

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Exact same experience here, kristen - that %&#! hawk wouldn't budge off my dead and substantially bigger Buff Orp until I nearly pegged it with a chunk of brick from three feet away - then it actually came back and GRABBED ME on the back of the neck as I bent over to herd the terrified chickens back into their run!

I certainly bow to someone with more wildlife knowledge than I saying your pic is a Broad-winged hawk. All I know is Cooper's are tenacious!