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Originally Posted by Raven
easy to recognize a gross beak hence the name
their beak resembles a pair of wire cutters
the female is striped bigtime and the male looks like he's wearing a tuxedo complete with a ROSE
if that's a coopers hawk its pregnant
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I'm pretty sure it's a cooper's hawk based on the coloration and 2na's description of it's size. It's bathing itself so its feathers are all puffed out.
By the way, I was walking the old railroad bed between Great Hollow beach and Pamet Harbor in Truro today and spotted what I think was a black headed grosbeak, but I didn't think the eastern coast was in their range. Maybe it was a towhee, not sure. I couldn't get a picture.