RAVEN
 

can you Identify, thought it might be a sparrow hawk. cause I have 100's in the shrubs all winter. he dove into the privetts chasing one the outher day. :smash:

Coopers hawk
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thirteen inches tall by about 5 inches wide
using the suet basket as a reference which i copy pasted
right next to him/her for measuring

the suet basket measures 5" wide by 4 3/4 inches tall

cool pictures

the post pictures function is no longer there

here's a URL though for copy/ paste (double click)

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c6...ob1/COOPER.png

THANK YOU, nice lookin bird,see him couple time a week. now I know where the piles of feathers have been coming from I see all year round.
GOOD LUCK KEEP WARM:rotf2:

I dont know, i have a feeling this is a Sharp Shinned Hawk, very very similar to a Coopers Hawk. Sharp Shinned are a little smaller and are very common in our are this time of year. I had one on my deck a couple years ago. He/she shredded my picnic table where it hung out all the time watching the bird feeder. My aunt stopped by who is an ornithologist and she explained the difficulty distinguishing the two birds.
Identifying Cooper's and Sharp-shinned Hawks

Rob Rockcrawler, GREAT INFO, after looking at the picture again,Im going to say Juvenile Coopers. he or she should be back an Ill get another look. thank you.

one give away is the flight behavior which often identifies Birds
and this ones habit was to Blast into shrubbery to grab it's prey.

Watchin blue jays today and how they use this one bush as cover
and defense rather than use the maple tree LIMBS because they
Know how fast that HAWK is.... usually 70 MPH at least

talking about Bluejays why is it I always see an have them around in the fall an winter, but during the summer I don't see them that much.
GOOD LUCK GOOD BIRDIN:rotf2:

because they are meat eaters
 

you can roast a chicken and pull it apart
after your done for sandwiches and whatever

put the leftover carcase out on a picnic table or other raised Flat spot
and watch them canabilize it...

during the summer they are busy making nests and Babies and they
also go around as Marauders steeling baby birds same as crows do.

one good thing about them is they eat the larger Grasshoppers
that the smaller birds have a tough time with

the other thing i like about them is they are your eyes in the sky
and very few feral cats ,foxes,and coyotes can sneak onto your property
"unseen" if you'll pay attention to the rapid alarm call they
make in unison.

OSPREY
 

Looks like i might have an Osprey
looking to build a nest in one of the mega
pine trees near the house...

at first glance i thought it was a seagull
because of the white color

Soon as he landed however, a Crow
let me know , the Osprey has landed

maybe it'll eat some mice too :btu:

Nice Osprey in the backyard....now you really have an excuse to go fishing to help feed the bird, make sure it feels at home, and soon feed the young ones!


Do osprey's take squirrel?

they swoop down and grab trout and fly away with them
not to sure how varied a diet they have or if they actually
eat land animals too :huh:
i've fed them small pickerel though

They will "try" to eat a pogey.

A good indicator is the shape of the tail. Sharpie's will be straight, as if cut by a scissor. Coopie's will be a rounded tail while in flight.