Hawk?

[BillyP]

This bird, which I think is a young hawk, had an accident with one of my house windows. I'm just curious to what it is?

 

[Junkman]

He faired better than the pheasant that came through one of ours a few years ago... Broke his neck and the window too... /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif Gave a whole new meaning to "Pheasant under glass"! /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

 

[JASTN70D]

It may be a Cooper's Hawk. And in fact it could be full grown they don't get very big. Just a guess though. Nice picture you got I take he is not moving much at this point

 

[GRUMPA]

I think you hit the nail on the head on that one...good job. HAWK PICTURE

 

[rcmike]

Here is one that landed on the corner of our deck. It kept eyeing the koi pond under it.

 

[Phred]

I have a red tail hawk that likes my tractor.
Tractor = Free meal in his/her mind.

One time I say him snatch a bird that the tractor scared up out of the air and take it over to a tree and eat it on the spot.

Nature in action.

Fred

 

[jinman]

Billy, many birds look different at different times of the year, but here are a couple of plates from the Nat'l Audubon Society Field Guide to Birds. I think your hawk looks more like a young red-tail, but I'll let you make the final comparison. Grumpa's link looks almost like a dead-ringer for your bird. Can the Audubon Society be trusted? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

The attachment is a wide photo, so you'll have to scroll left and right unless you have a 1024 x 768 screen.

 

[BillyP]

Jim, very interesting difference between the two Cooper Hawks. I'm sticking with Chicken Hawk /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Anyway...Good news! The hawk is OK. I guess he needed some time to get his head straight again. He did take a pretty hard hit.

Thanks to all the replies!

 

[TheKid]

This gives a bird feeder a whole new meaning. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

 

[RebelYell]

I am glad to hear the hawk is, at least for now, in good shape. One of my peahens flew thru a window in my building last week. I found out later two of the neighbor boys were chasing it through the building, it went upstairs and thru the window, made a huge mess. I didn't find the bird for a few days, it appears to be doing well as I seen it yesterday with the other peafowl. The boys got a tongue lashing along with cleaning up the glass.

 

[coopers]

That bird is an imm. cooper's hawk. The adults have a blueish grey back with red coloring on the front and red eyes. That's a nice picture. Here's a picture for comparison, one's a female (the imm. ) and the adult is a male.


Blake
WA

 

[Typhoon]

I was thinking it was a falcon. I have a pair that live on my property. They are rare in my area. Very beautiful birds.

 

[coopers]

That guy on the perch with the trainer is a prairie falcon, lives in none other, prairie type settings....

Blake
WA

 

[thcri]

We got one of them prairie falcons in our back yard. Fun to wathc it hover in the air and watch for prey. It will sit in the wind for hours just hovering and then to see it dive is great.

murph