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What hawk is this?

Discussion in 'Bird Taxidermy' started by cyclone, Sep 5, 2018.

  1. Sep 5, 2018 #1
    cyclone

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    Picture taken in WV. I thought immature Coopers but am leaning towards Red Shoulder..
    Not an expert..

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  3. Sep 5, 2018 #2
    jon_wilhelm

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    Looks like a Red-Shoulder to me. Nice looking bird!
     
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  5. Sep 5, 2018 #3
    mark

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    immature cooper would have a light colored eye...cant see the chest feathers but id say more mature red shoulder. they get kinda pale feathers on their "face" when mature. at least in these parts
     
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  6. Sep 5, 2018 #4
    AZ~Rich

    AZ~Rich " Africa" never fails to satisfy

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    Yes, immature female cooper's hawk is my guess.
     
  7. Sep 7, 2018 #5
    AliciaG

    AliciaG Museum taxidermist and exhibit preparator

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    Red-shoulder
     
  8. Sep 13, 2018 #6
    rigbobby

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    Immature red shoulder
     
  9. Sep 14, 2018 #7
    Joe Kish

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    I'll see your red-shouldered and raise you two of a kind. Same species but not the same bird. Nope, it's not a chicken hawk.

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  10. Sep 14, 2018 #8
    Nancy C

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    All of the hawks are juveniles.
    The one in the first post is a red-shouldered hawk, the ones in the most recent post are red-tailed hawks.
     
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