October 27, 2026
Monday Mystery Answered
On Monday I wrote… Yesterday morning, top Celery Farm Nature Preserve birder Julie McCall saw an unusual-looking hawk over the…
Susan McTigue passed along these shots of an accipiter at her feeder.
She wants to know if it is a Cooper's Hawk or a Sharp-shinned Hawk.
I ultimately went with Sharpie, but added that I am invariably wrong.
Sharpie.
Note the rounded head and steep forehead.
Coopers has a long slanted forehead .
I agree with you — Sharpie.
2 comments
Rosemarie Widmer
Sharpie.
Note the rounded head and steep forehead.
Coopers has a long slanted forehead .
Carol Flanagan
I agree with you — Sharpie.