Hawk ID please.

Sharp-shinned or Cooper's Hawk?

Probably Sharp-shinned as it looks fairly small, but not enough visible (particularly not the tail tip) to be 100% certain.

Resin

Thanks. I think it is a Sharp-shinned too because of its' size.

I agree with Resin, the head is small compared to the rest of the body, the eyes are set back which would point to it being a Sharp-Shinned.

One of the characteristics I look for in a stationary bird is the crown, nape and back. On Sharpies, the crown, nape and back are all the same color, in effect giving the bird a hooded look. All of the adult Copper's I see have a capped appearance because of the nape being lighter than the crown and back.

One other mark I look for when an adult bird is facing me are the feathers above the cere. In a Coop's it is light, a Sharpie dark. But given the wear on this part of the head, that can sometimes be misleading.

Greg

This from a couple weeks ago, same day (diff. times) and nearly on the same branch, left side of pic is Sharp-shinned and right side is immature Cooper's. The tail is a dead give away between the two in this photo with resting (more like waiting lol) birds.

Burd-your picture is a great picture for comparison, thanks for posting it.

Burd, Isn't that Cooper's immature?

Yep! ;)

Thanks, I'm learning something:) Thanks to all my wonderful DG friends!

Thanks, would have loved to have been able to add a Northern Goshawk to the picture for the full package of North American Accipiters.

I just noticed in the bird files there is no Northern Goshawk photo's. I thought I seen one a few weeks ago at the marsh. I will be looking for this bird in 2010 for photo's.

Getting Goshawk photos won't be at all easy! They're very shy, and never hang about

Resin

I know that I have lowered my odds of seeing this bird by just mentioning I would be on the look out for it. lol

But most of the sightings the last couple of years have been in area's I have visited before. Ive been checking some of the bird lists in Ohio, but need to do a lot more checking yet.

Thanks everyone for all the great information.