Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 17:42:15 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Norman Saunders Subject: Re: Cooper's hawk MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Bill Welsh writes: > Last Monday I saw what I am sure was a Cooper's hawk in a large mulberry tree in > the yard. Bill, As Bonnie Ott mentioned, both Coops and Sharpies are relatively common in this part of the state. Also as she mentioned, going by size alone with these two species is risky business. Look carefully at the shape of the tail if you see the bird roosting. The Sharp-shin has a flat-bottomed tail with sharply squared corners while the Coopers has a rounded tail. If you see the bird flying, look for the extension of the head ahead of the bend in the wings, which tends to indicate Coop. A small-headed look, with the wing bend ahead of the head, tends to indicate Sharp-shins. Glad to have you on MDOsprey! How is your yard list progressing? Best, Norm ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================