ID Please

riddim_maker

Went hiking in Griffith park,LA yesterday and witnessed this hawk harassing a couple of crows. It looks like a Cooper's hawk but I'm not certain.
Any observations or comments are appreciated.

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Russ

Harryb

Looks lie 3 fine shots of a Cooper's Hawk to me.

jwear

maybe a immature red tail was it bigger than a coopers if it was chasing crows then it is a dumb bird

Rohirrim

I wish I could help with the ID, very nice captures though.

dallas

Excellent Russ. What great exposure and detail in all of them. What better way to ask for an ID, and then show three prefect angles; one from above, one from below, and one in the middle. Outstanding captures.

riddim_maker

Harryb wrote:

Looks like 3 fine shots of a Cooper's Hawk to me.

Thanks for the ID Harry, I'll mark it down as a Cooper's.

Russ

riddim_maker

jwear wrote:

maybe a immature red tail was it bigger than a coopers if it was chasing crows then it is a dumb bird

On closer inspection of the photos and rechecking my field guide, I'll have to agree with jwear that this is a juvenile red-tail. Apparently juvenile red-tail have grey-brown tails with with many blakish bands much like the hawk in the photo.
And a juvenile chasing Crows is a dumb thing to do:D

riddim_maker

Rohirrim wrote:

I wish I could help with the ID, very nice captures though.

Thanks Steve

riddim_maker

dallas wrote:

Excellent Russ. What great exposure and detail in all of them. What better way to ask for an ID, and then show three prefect angles; one from above, one from below, and one in the middle. Outstanding captures.

Thanks William,
as luck might have it, the hawk did cooperate on this one:D