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#7056250 - 01/16/12 08:19 AM
Re: What type of hawk is this?
[Re: Jared D.]
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TFF Guru
Registered: 03/13/08
Posts: 14711
Loc: San Antonio
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unsure of the hawk but does it have something wrong with it's leg or maybe had some food in it's talons? very good pictures!
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#7056267 - 01/16/12 08:23 AM
Re: What type of hawk is this?
[Re: cocodrie]
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Angler
Registered: 03/26/08
Posts: 384
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unsure of the hawk but does it have something wrong with it's leg or maybe had some food in it's talons? very good pictures! I think it had one foot pulled up near its body for some reason.
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#7056289 - 01/16/12 08:27 AM
Re: What type of hawk is this?
[Re: Jared D.]
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Capt. CUDA
Registered: 07/01/04
Posts: 4546
Loc: little elm tx
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chickenhawk. with a limp.....:)
great pics!
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#7056480 - 01/16/12 09:26 AM
Re: What type of hawk is this?
[Re: Jared D.]
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Extreme Angler
Registered: 06/27/09
Posts: 2227
Loc: Arlington
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Take a look at pictures of Sharpshinned and Coopers hawks. Both are pretty common around houses in the winter, especially if there is a bird feeder nearby. They feed on birds that they pick off of feeders.
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#7056490 - 01/16/12 09:29 AM
Re: What type of hawk is this?
[Re: Jared D.]
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Extreme Angler
Registered: 12/04/09
Posts: 1539
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Its an onfencia sitcarious.
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#7056492 - 01/16/12 09:29 AM
Re: What type of hawk is this?
[Re: Jared D.]
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Registered: 08/07/06
Posts: 384
Loc: waco tx
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#7056502 - 01/16/12 09:32 AM
Re: What type of hawk is this?
[Re: lite-liner]
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Angler
Registered: 09/29/11
Posts: 296
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chickenhawk. with a limp.....:)
great pics! Beat me to the Chickenhawk.
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#7056707 - 01/16/12 10:22 AM
Re: What type of hawk is this?
[Re: Jared D.]
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Pro Angler
Registered: 01/15/06
Posts: 557
Loc: plano, tx
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can't be a chickenhawk I don't see foghorn leghorn any where
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#7059542 - 01/16/12 10:00 PM
Re: What type of hawk is this?
[Re: Jared D.]
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TFF Guru
Registered: 03/30/03
Posts: 20898
Loc: Texas
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Looks a little dark for a red-tailed. My guess is a Coopers hawk. We had one munching on a dove in our backyard a couple of years ago. Beautiful birds!
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#7061422 - 01/17/12 12:52 PM
Re: What type of hawk is this?
[Re: Jared D.]
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Outdoorsman
Registered: 11/05/10
Posts: 217
Loc: McKinney, TX
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It's a Red-Tailed Hawk.
The bone structure of it's head and the robust build of it's body immediately place it in the buteo family of raptors. This eliminates, eagles(bald, golden), falcons(Kestrel, Merlin, Prairie, Peregrine), and accipiters(Goshawk, Cooper's, Sharp-shinned).
That leaves leaves a few possibilities considering the mild winter and Texas' location along raptor migratory routes this leaves Swanson's, Red-shouldered, Red-tailed, Broad Winged, Rough-legged and a few others that are much less common. Of these only the Red-Tailed fits the bill for coloration and morphology.
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#7062510 - 01/17/12 05:59 PM
Re: What type of hawk is this?
[Re: Jared D.]
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TFF Celebrity
Registered: 01/02/03
Posts: 6479
Loc: Bryan, Texas
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Immature Redtail?
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#7062617 - 01/17/12 06:26 PM
Re: What type of hawk is this?
[Re: Jared D.]
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Pro Angler
Registered: 01/06/08
Posts: 999
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Cooper's
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#7063146 - 01/17/12 08:37 PM
Re: What type of hawk is this?
[Re: Jared D.]
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Outdoorsman
Registered: 02/08/11
Posts: 183
Loc: Bedford, TX
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Buteo Jamaicensis, Red Tailed Hawk 110%
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#7064439 - 01/18/12 09:04 AM
Re: What type of hawk is this?
[Re: Crash DeVerle]
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Outdoorsman
Registered: 01/19/10
Posts: 34
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Im thinking redtailed hawk as well
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#7064543 - 01/18/12 09:28 AM
Re: What type of hawk is this?
[Re: Jared D.]
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Extreme Angler
Registered: 04/09/02
Posts: 1816
Loc: Next to 2nd stomp on the right...
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That's a Karate Kid hawk .... 
Edited by KrazyFish (01/18/12 09:28 AM)
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#7076361 - 01/21/12 05:10 PM
Re: What type of hawk is this?
[Re: Jared D.]
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Methuselah
Registered: 01/20/09
Posts: 21113
Loc: Houston, TX
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I'm no expert on raptors by any means, and some of you sound like you are.
However, that is a juvenile Cooper's Hawk 110%. I can't post photos or I would attach one that is nearly identical to the one above. The coloration is completely wrong for a red-tail at any age. Further, look at the handrail the bird is perched upon. It's 4" wide I presume. Now compare the bird's stature to the handrail.
It's a Cooper's
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#7076667 - 01/21/12 07:00 PM
Re: What type of hawk is this?
[Re: Bob Smith]
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Outdoorsman
Registered: 11/05/10
Posts: 217
Loc: McKinney, TX
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The bird in his photo has brown eyes. The cooper's hawk is an accipiter which do not have brown eyes... All accipiters have bright yellow eyes which darken to a blood red with age.
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#7076678 - 01/21/12 07:05 PM
Re: What type of hawk is this?
[Re: fouzman]
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Outdoorsman
Registered: 11/05/10
Posts: 217
Loc: McKinney, TX
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I'm no expert on raptors by any means, and some of you sound like you are.
However, that is a juvenile Cooper's Hawk 110%. I can't post photos or I would attach one that is nearly identical to the one above. The coloration is completely wrong for a red-tail at any age. Further, look at the handrail the bird is perched upon. It's 4" wide I presume. Now compare the bird's stature to the handrail.
It's a Cooper's Wrong. Eye color. If it's not yellow, orange or red then it's not a Cooper's. Brown eyes are a sure sign it's a red-tailed. Bone structure in the head is also that of a hawk not an accipiter. The bird he took photos of has a very regal head where as Cooper's have this crazy scatter-brained looking head. Check the link below. http://billhubick.com/photos/birds/coopers_hawk.php
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