I vote Cooper's Hawk also, I have had one hunting in
my back yard for a number of months (I live in a
prairie/woods habitat esentially), and saw ours over
the holiday, Jan. 20th.

I also think it is a Cooper's, since you stated the
size was that of a crow.  A Sharp-shin will be a
little larger than a blue jay, with long square tail
in flight. The Cooper's will have a long rounded tail
in flight.

Lynn Miller
Lone Jack,MO
Jackson CO

--- Edge Wade <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Nancy,
> I've had a Cooper's Hawk raiding my backyard/feeder
> area off and on
> since early November--very likely you have one, too.
> Edge
> On Wednesday, January 22, 2003, at 05:09 PM,
> Lawrence Herbert wrote:
>
> > My vote is Cooper's Hawk.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Nancy Mebed <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 3:44 PM
> > Subject: sharp-shinned hawk?
> >
> >
> >>     Today while it was snowing, I noticed a hawk
> about the size of a
> >> large
> >> crow eating a small bird (starling I hope) out on
> a small woodpile in
> >> the
> >> woods behind our house.  His most outstanding
> feature, besides the
> > efficient
> >> way he was gulping his meal, was his orange and
> white barred breast.
> >> The
> >> bars looked almost scale like.  His wings and
> back were dark gray,
> >> with a
> >> lighter gray spot on approximately his (or her)
> secondaries.  The head
> >> was
> >> darker with a white patch on the throat and a
> white area between the
> >> beak
> >> and the eye.  Consulting Sibley and Common Birds
> of North America, I
> >> wondered if it was a Sharp-shinned Hawk.  I
> confess I haven't followed
> >> the
> >> conversations about hawks on the web as living in
> town I don't see them
> > here
> >> very often.  Common Birds of NA mentions that
> they are reclusive, but
> >> frequent neighborhoods with birdfeeders which
> fits the situation,
> >> although
> >> it sounds a bit contradictory.
> >> Nancy Mebed - Columbia
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