I came across the description of a hawk identification workshop. It said, “Struggling to separate a sharp-shinned hawk from a ...

Sharp-shinned hawk is smaller and has a square tail ... in­creasing numbers at eastern hawk-watches probably due to better identification skills. Winter: juveniles winter farther north than ...

What we have: Cooper's, red-tailed and sharp-shinned hawks have been the most-seen ... tend not to pose for close-ups — or even identification — but the tawny tail feathers in his 2022 photo ...