Re: Hawk behavior

["Richard Wood" <rwoodphd at msn dot com>]

Look at the size of the head.  Cooper's have a bigger head.


Richard



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nicky Davis" <nicky-davis@earthlink.net>
To: <birdtalk@utahbirds.org>
Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 12:44 PM
Subject: Hawk behavior


> I'm trying to decide if the hawks (I think I have 2 different ones) coming 
> into my yard are SS or Cooper's. The one that came today wagged its tail 
> each time it landed. It went from a tree to my wall around the yard to the 
> top of a bird feeder to the ground, back to the wall and then flew off. 
> Each time it landed it wagged it's tail. Is this a characteristic behavior 
> for both the SS and the Cooper's? It's an adult.
>
> Nicky D
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