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Accipiter cooperii
This is a young Cooper's hawk. It is perched on a clothesline T. It was a good sized hawk. I took the photo through my kitchen window so I could get the shot without scaring him off. Not the best photo. It was just before sunset too.
North Texas
Length and barring on tail does not match a red-shouldered hawk. This bird has the slimmer shape and tail length of an accipiter not a buteo.
Agree with Cooper's Hawk, there is no way this can be a red-shouldered hawk with that long of a tail
Spotted on Sep 24, 2014
Submitted on Oct 14, 2014
