Every once in awhile all of the birds in our back yard will freeze perfectly still and remain motionless, for what seems to me, to be no apparent reason. Then we will see a big bird fly off not knowing for sure what it was. The other day a hairy woodpecker was motionless on a suet log and in a tree very close to our house I saw this bird looking side to side and all around for...lunch? He flew away moments after I took his picture with an empty stomach. The Cooper's Hawk and the Sharp shinned Hawk are very similar and are notorious for hunting in back yards for feeder birds. Sort of like the bully in the neighborhood; except this guy really could end your life. I am pretty sure this is a Sharp-shinned Hawk but is very close in appearance to the Cooper's Hawk.
Check out the Cooper's Hawk:
Cooper's Hawk
Sharp-shinned Hawk:
Sharp-shinned
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