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Published: 2010-12-23 00:04:39 +0000 UTC; Views: 701; Favourites: 49; Downloads: 0
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Should I add a mature content filter to this one? I don't want to upset anyone with the poor dove.This is the Cooper's hawk that lives near my house. I've been fighting with him since last year for a good shot of him. Usually, every time I get my camera, he flies off.
Here he was sitting on my back porch eating this poor little dove. He was about 8 feet from me I think. I was shooting through the kitchen window. This time, I got over 200 shots of him.
Well I win this round hawk!! I got you!!
-Edit- He's either a Cooper's hawk or a Sharp-Shinned Hawk. I'm not quite sure which.
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I've definitely forgotten to comment on this.. probably because I'm so jealous of this shot! It's my dream to get a photo this good of any bird, let alone an accipiter! I think it's a Coopers, because Sharpies are about the size of a dove and clearly, this is bigger than a dove.
This is such an amazing encounter... wonderful photo!
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Aww, thank you!
I'm not sure what he is. All I know is he's amazing. I didn't have my camera with me, but I've seen him, or another hawk, being chased around the sky by two crows!
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Your work has been featured as one of #Bird-Photography 's and/or #Birds-Club 's top submissions for the month of December. Keep up the great work!
You can find the article here: [link]
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this is an amazing photo
but maybe you can add a mature content
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wow! good capture. Poor dove. But birdy is hungry..
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Thanks! I know, those doves are so cute. We have a bunch of them here, they're fun to watch.
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Great shot! I have wanted to get a kill shot like this for a while of this bird.
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It's a sharp shinned hawk. you can tell because the tail feathers are all the same length, while on a coopers hawk the outer feathers would be shorter. The markings on the breast are thicker (although this isn't reliable because of variation), the legs are very thin, and also the head is smaller on a sharp shinned hawk. They also seem to look shorter, while the coopers hawk seems to looks taller.
Hopefully this helped some with identifying the two species, it's hard to tell the difference without knowing what to look for
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Yes, that was very helpful, thank you!
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Absolutely beautiful depiction of the realities of nature. Congratulations on finally getting some shots!
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Wonderful shot.. It really shows the reality of nature.
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Congratulations on getting not only to witness this but to get it on film!!!! 
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Thank you!!
I was very lucky, I came downstairs around noon, looked out the kitchen window, and there he was on the back porch. I didn't see the actual kill, but it was still really amazing to see.
He left a nice mess on our porch though!
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Naughty boy! He should have cleaned up after himself!
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Great capture and what a lucky break getting to witness it all.
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Thanks! I didn't see the actual kill, but it was still amazing to watch him up close.
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I'd say Sharpie, based on the relatively small head, the course breast streaking and relatively slender, long-ish legs.
Good shot.
BTY: This is miscategorized as Domesticated Animal.
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Thank you!
Oh haha whoops. I'll fix that.
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I forgot to say, also, that it's a juvenile, and therefore, quite likely isn't the same raptor that you were seeing last year.
They are quite common anbush predators and love to hunt around houses, especially those that have bird feeders to attract prey.
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That makes sense, we and a few of our neighbors do have bird feeders.
The one last year looked very similar to this one, although he was noticeably bigger.
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Sharpies, like most raptors, exibit a pronounced size difference between the genders with the females being notably larger.
There is also a difference with age. The youngsters are largest.
For example, a female Eagle hatched this summer will be bigger than either parent but quite soon she would more or less match her mother.
She would always be bigger than her father.
Good shooting and Merry Christmas.
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Great shot,they look very much like our Sparrowhawk 
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It might be a Sharp-shinned Hawk - the tail looks more squared than round. It also does not seem too much larger than the dove. Either way, congrats on getting this shot. I'm still trying
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Thank you!
Well when I got a shot of him last year, [link] he was identified as a Coopers hawk. I'm not a bird expert, but he very well could be a Sharp-Shinned hawk. He seems quite small.
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That almost looks like a Sharpshinned hawk. It's so small.
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He could be, I'm not quite sure.
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