Sharp-shinned Hawk Photos
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Sharp-shinned hawk Accipiter striatus
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Length: 10.5 inches Wingspan: 21 inches
Sexes similar, but females much larger
Small, broad-winged, long-tailed hawk
Short, dark, hooked beak
Long, narrow tarsi ...
Sharp-shinned Hawks are rare to uncommon in the Weaselhead/Glenmore Park area from May to October. The rest of the time they are rare.
The Sharp-shinned Hawk or "Sharpie" is named for the thin raised ridge along the leg's tarsus bone (not exactly the shin bone but close enough).
Sharp-shinned Hawk
(Accipiter striatus)
Status: Migrant.
Last recorded on site in 2011
The Patuxent web-site provides more general information about this species.
An uncommon migrant and even less common winter visitor.
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatus Vieillot
Status Fairly common in summer, common transient, uncommon in winter. Breeds. One of our most common hawks.
Sharp-shinned hawks are fierce, bold hunters that prey primarily on small birds.
Sharp-shinned Hawks and Cooper's Hawks are so alike as to be nearly indistinguishable. These two birds are a fantastic model of parallel evolution.
Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus. Breeder. Common in Gulf Coast region in fall, uncommon in winter and spring. In Tennessee Valley and Mountain regions, fairly common in fall and uncommon in winter, spring, and summer.
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Winter Sighting Information: uncommon
Nest on or near Refuge? no
Black-crowned Night Heron
Winter Sighting Information: uncommon
Nest on or near Refuge? no ...
Sharp-shinned Hawk, recognizable by its dark red eyes.
Accipitridae is a family of birds of prey and include hawks, eagles, kites, harriers and Old World vultures.
he Sharp-shinned Hawk is listed as Threatened in Tennessee and Of Special Concern in Kentucky. This species was previously in a rapid decline because of reproductive failures caused by DDT and other pesticides.
The sharp-shinned hawk is significantly larger.
In both species the females are larger than the males.
Cooper and Sharp-shinned hawks are difficult to distinguish. For an excellent guide, see the Cornell site ...
Cooper's Hawks and Sharp-shinned Hawks are accipiters. They are agile, woodland hawks that may hunt at bird feeders. Cooper's Hawks usually nest in tall deciduous trees.
9 Middle Rocky Mountains 10 Wyoming Basin 11 Southern Rocky Mountains 12 Colorado Plateau 13 Rocky Mountain Piedmont 14 Great Plains 15 Black Hills Uplift 16 Upper Missouri Basin and Broken Lands KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : Sharp-shinned hawks ...
" Indeed, reader, the shortness of the wings of the Sharp-shinned Hawk, its long tail, although almost perfectly even, instead of being rounded as in the Goshawk, added to its irregular, swift, vigorous, varied, ...
The Mottled Owl is midsize, 13 - 15 inches in length (about the size of a Sharp-shinned Hawk), and strictly nocturnal. It has a varied diet consisting of large insects and beetles, small mammals and birds, snakes, lizards, salamanders and frogs.
Other destructive American accipiters are the chicken, or Cooper's, hawk, Accipiter cooperi, and the small (robin-sized) sharp-shinned hawk, A. fuscus, which is known to feed on at least 50 species of harmless or beneficial birds.
sharp-shinned hawks (Accipiter striatus)
Cooper's hawks (Accipiter cooperii)
eastern screech owls (Otus asio)
gulls (Laridae)
common grackles (Quiscalus quiscula)
boat-tailed grackles (Quiscalus major)
brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) ...
Sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter striatus)
White-bridled finch (Melanodera melanodera)
Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum)
Coyote (Canis latrans)
Mountain hare (Lepus timidus)
Stone curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus)
Grey crowned-crane (Balearica regulorum) ...
Description: The Cooper's Hawk, is a crow sized accipiter very similar to the smaller, robin sized Sharp-shinned Hawk.
In North America, juveniles are sometimes confused with the smaller Sharp-shinned Hawks and Cooper's Hawks, but the size again is a distinctive feature of the Northern Goshawk.
Behavior ...
The widespread Accipiter genus includes goshawks, sparrowhawks, the Sharp-shinned Hawk and others. Hawks are mainly woodland birds that hunt by sudden dashes from a concealed perch. They usually have long tails and high visual acuity.
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You're unlikely to see this bird in your backyard (unless yours is a big one). Red-tailed Hawks eat mostly mammals, so they're less likely to visit a popular feeder than a Cooper's or Sharp-shinned hawk is.
Ducklings in the water may gather together in a tight compact group resembling a swimming muskrat. This instinctive behavior may deceive aerial predators like sharp-shinned hawks.
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Page 1: Birds enjoying running water: Varied Thrush (2 photos), White-crowned Sparrow and Chestnut-backed Chickadee (December 2006); Townsend's Warbler, Common Raven/Red-tailed Hawk, Juvenile Sharp-shinned Hawk (2 photos) (January 2007) ...
degraded forests, the Red-cockaded Woodpecker is more susceptible to predation and to competition with other woodpecker species like the Red-bellied Woodpecker. Rat snakes, corn snakes, southern flying squirrels, screech owls, and Sharp-shinned Hawks ...
 See also: Hawk, Sparrow, Eagle, Goshawk, Swallow
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