Comments on: For P and M

By: William R. Tilton

William R. Tilton — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:55:47 +0000

Is coopers

By: Steve Bodio

Steve Bodio — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 01:43:31 +0000

Gos, I think– eyebrow and lighter stripes! But probably a male, so slender (and as you know, Pluvi, ours tend to be smaller than yours, at least until you get to the far north.)

Legs look short and thick for a Coop too…

Doc, I have some news for you– Pluvi already knows.

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 01:43:12 +0000

Certainly a *healthy* looking hawk – whatever the label it has.

By: dr.hypercube

dr.hypercube — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:08:01 +0000

Oh, crap! It _could_ be a Coops – I made a big assumption based on size, having seen goshawks in the area and – most importantly – desire. Wish we could see the tail – guess I’ll just be confused. (Also – would expect most Coops to be gone by now – but again – that’s desire talking).

You didn’t sound snippy at all – and immature accips are not my strong suit. I have a high level of confidence in your birding eye…

By: pluvialis

pluvialis — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:46:40 +0000

I’ve just realised that comment sounded snippy: ack! I’ve just eaten a huge bowl of pasta and my brain is in a carbohydrate daze. Can’t think straight….!

By: pluvialis

pluvialis — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:45:43 +0000

Is that a goshawk? My befuddled English brain is sure it’s a coopers hawk: but I know that North American and European goshawks look very, very different (oh, they so should be different species!) and I’ve been looking at my gos so much my birding eye has gone askew.

Awesome photo!