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Originally Posted by coondogg
"It is a bit hard to tell with the small images, but I'd say with 85% certainty that this is an adult cooper's hawk. The long tail, grey wings and two-tone head all look right for that, as does the orange/white breast. Cooper's are really common among urban settings and they are often found around people's houses - where they pick off birds from bird feeders."
- Todd Katzner, Ph.D. Director of Conservation and Field Research National Aviary
(after sending larger images) "Clearly an adult cooper's hawk. In the image that ends with 413, you can see the red eye. A peregrine falcon has a dark eye and a red-shoulder has a lighter eye that is not red."
- Todd Katzner, Ph.D. Director of Conservation and Field Research National Aviary
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooper's_Hawk
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I just had one fly thru my backyard last night about 7:30.
There is alot of common grackles that nest in my neighborhood and there was a trail of grackles chasing him out of the area!