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Cooper's Hawk

Accipiter cooperii

Description:

Medium size bird. Probably 12 inches long. He crashed into our patio window very heavily.

Habitat:

Mountains in Utah. We are at 4500ft.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Liam
Liam 10 years ago
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatus BirdForum


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4 Comments

Liam
Liam 10 years ago

Even tail feathers + facial "expression" makes this a Sharp-shinned over Cooper's.

SeanRees
SeanRees 10 years ago

Woah, I just noticed you are holding an Albino Burmese Python in your picture. Very cool.

SeanRees
SeanRees 10 years ago

I think so AshleyT I went inside the house to grab my son and when I came back out he was gone.

AshleyT
AshleyT 10 years ago

Poor guy! Was he able to get back up and fly off after a few minutes? He looks pretty confused in the picture

SeanRees
Spotted by
SeanRees

Utah, USA

Spotted on Oct 22, 2013
Submitted on Oct 23, 2013

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