Les,

In my opinion it's a Sharp-shinned Hawk.  The legs and toes are 
extremely thin--too thin for Cooper's.  Moreover, the thick rufous 
streaking on the underparts extending down the belly supports 
Sharp-shinned.  I don't think we can judge eye position accurately from 
these photos since the bird appears to be looking away from the camera.

I couldn't open your link, but here is a web page with pointers:

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/AboutBirdsandFeeding/accipiterIDtable.htm

Jim Moore
Rockville, MD

On 11/19/2011 6:08 PM, Les Eastman wrote:
> On 11/19/2011 4:20 PM, Saundra Byrd wrote:
>> Maybe someone can help with i.d. of my yard hawk today . I really
>> believed from first sight it was a Sharp Shinned . And knew to run
>> for the camera as photos usually help but hawks are so hard.  This
>> would be a new yard bird if i get a positive i.d. i bet i have more
>> unidentified hawk picts than those that are i.d."d ):
>
> I think it is a Cooper's Hawk. The eyes look like they are towards the 
> front of the head and not in the middle, and the terminal band is 
> fairly wide. See page 9 of this newsletter to see tips on separating 
> the two - http://www.harfordbirdclub.org/v23n4-1.pdf
>
> Les
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