ID the Hawk please.

Pretty sure this is a hawk or a harrier but it doesn't quite match up with the ones I'm familiar with.

I don't know the location where this raptor was photographed so nicely Carl, but based on tail length and feather morphology I'd say it's very Cooperesque. I'll warn you though, I've been known to be wrong!

No idea but great shot.!!

I'd go with Coopers too, but then what do I know. Nice shot, regardless.
Al

CamFan01 wrote in post #17129756
I don't know the location where this raptor was photographed so nicely Carl, but based on tail length and feather morphology I'd say it's very Cooperesque. I'll warn you though, I've been known to be wrong!

Thank you, Location is the Pacific Northwest. Just north of Seattle (Whidbey Island).

CDMOOSE wrote in post #17129789
I'd go with Coopers too, but then what do I know. Nice shot, regardless.
Al

bigjohninva wrote in post #17129760
No idea but great shot.!!

Thanks to both of you.

Juvenile Cooper's Hawk. Well done Carl. Cooper's have a more fierce look than Sharp-Shinned Hawks, are larger and have much heavier legs.

2n10 wrote in post #17130367
Juvenile Cooper's Hawk. Well done Carl. Cooper's have a more fierce look than Sharp-Shinned Hawks, are larger and have much heavier legs.

Thanks John, for the positive ID. This is the first Cooper's Hawk I've seen up close. Definitely a beautiful bird.

They are. The adults are even more striking with dark grey feathers and red eyes.

Beauty capture Carl

I'd say it's a coopers, also. I had a juvie hanging around here last year terrorizing the birds at my feeders. Looked just like that one. Nice pic, BTW.