I'll take a stab at it - and am happy to learn more if wrong, which won't be
first time! :)
see attached.
Note 3 points described below. (In order of what convinces me).
1) Outer tail feathers shorter than inner. Sharp-shinned would have all tail
feathers approximately same length.
2) Looks like dark head marking is a "cap", and possibly not connected to
nape/neck. (Which a Sharp-shinned would have).
3) Eye closer to beak than center of head. (Sharp-shinned eye looks more like
center of head location)
so I think Coopers.
p.s. Thankful for the great pictures showing all the detail!
Jay Wherley
Asheville
On 1/13/17 2:09 PM, james poling wrote:
I think that this Accipiter is a Sharp-shinned Hawk. It was smaller than my
experience with Cooper's, and has a grayish cap and a narrow white tail tip.
Please help me learn more
details of the difference between Sharpies and Coopers. Picture taken in
Black Mountain, NC
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