The diminutive Sharp-shinned Hawk shares much of its range and appearance with the Cooper’s Hawk but is smaller and more secretive. These hawks are agile fliers, preying primarily on small birds, ...

She is a Sharp-shinned Hawk Her shins are actually sharp. She hunts small birds. The Rescue likes to return injured birds to where they were found and likely knew the country. The slo-mo video he took ...

The Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) is perhaps the most widespread, recognizable by its rusty-red tail and habit of soaring in circles on thermal updrafts. The Cooper’s Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) ...

One of the smallest raptors, the sharp-shinned hawk is a highly skilled predator that can be seen terrorizing sparrows and other small birds throughout the Helena Valley.

This year the CGORS crew caught, processed and released 788 birds of prey, including 334 saw whet owls, 175 sharp-shinned hawks, 131 red-tailed hawks, 73 merlins, 42 Coopers hawks, 17 peregrine ...

Adult sharp-shinned hawks have a gray back, orange, horizontal bars across the breast, and a banded tail. Although they breed in dense forests, in winter they frequent woodland edges, fields, and ...

And in the middle of that statement during our interview, he grabs his binoculars, looking upward, "There's another sharp-shinned hawk out in front of us going to the left just, kind of decently ...

A blue jay (top left) and an immature sharp-shinned hawk (bottom right) take flight from an Eastern cottonwood during an ongoing feud that was amusing to observe.

A sharp-shinned hawk could represent a threat to a fledgling jay, so the general attitude of all jays is one of aggression and intolerance of the hawks.

Every autumn, immature sharp-shinned hawks fan out across the landscape in search of surviving the winter. Hunting skills have to be honed, enemies must be contended with and, without fail, the blue ...

The sharp-shinned hawk, commonly called a sharpie, is a small hawk with a big attitude.

Georgia is home to a variety of diverse wildlife, whether you’re looking at the native flora and fauna or visiting some of ...