The smallest of our bird-hunting Accipiter hawks, this one is also the most migratory, breeding north to treeline in Alaska and Canada and wintering south to Panama. It is during migration that the ...

With lightning-fast reflexes and a knack for surprise attacks, this small but fierce raptor is the terror of backyard bird feeders across the Americas. The Sharp ...

It said, “Struggling to separate a sharp-shinned hawk from a Cooper’s? Amazed when a bald eagle is spotted high in the sky where you see nothing?” YES and YES, I thought! Unfortunately for ...

Symbolically, hawks represent aggression while doves represent peace. I saw why recently, when a Cooper’s hawk flew in and caught a mourning dove in my front yard. A Cooper’s hawk […] ...

Sharp-shinned hawk is smaller and has a square tail. Widespread through United States and southern Canada, more commonly seen in suburbs, probably due to reforestation in the East. Breeding ...

cooper’s hawk and sharp-shinned hawk. The most common hawk in BC is the red-tailed hawk that migrates from most of the province in the winter but stays in the south of the province near ...

I also noticed a sharp-shinned hawk perched on a sunflower plant and as a goldfinch flew by, the hawk quickly captured the luckless bird. It was not long before a northern shrike captured a siskin ...