ID Quiz - July 8, 2020

It's a Cooper's Hawk!

That very long tail with thick bands in addition to the red barring on the underside of the body narrows it down to adult Cooper's Hawk and adult Sharp-shinned Hawk. The large head projection and shorter outer tail feathers (the ones on the bottom when the tail is closed, like on this bird — which you can see are shorter than the rest of the tail), make it a Cooper's.

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