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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPredator in our yard this AM pix (can you ID this?)
Taken 10 mins ago. Not great pix. Got these 2 to focus and it was gone.
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doc03
(35,355 posts)smaller birds. Doesn't look like it has curved bill like a hawk.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,777 posts)doc03
(35,355 posts)look I believe you are right what looked like point on his beak is a bud on the branch.
Quackers
(2,256 posts)I concur.
HassleCat
(6,409 posts)A very common hawk in cities. Feeds on smaller birds. Very acrobatic flyer.
Bayard
(22,117 posts)Looks like it.
hatrack
(59,588 posts)My guess is that Steve's bird is a sharp-shinned, but it's hard to tell from the photographs.
Omaha Steve
(99,674 posts)Makes sense.
Arkansas Granny
(31,522 posts)Size & Shape
Peregrine Falcons are the largest falcon over most of the continent, with long, pointed wings and a long tail. Be sure to look at shape as well as sizelong primary feathers give the Peregrine a long-winged shape. As with most raptors, males are smaller than females, so Peregrines can overlap with large female Merlins or small male Gyrfalcons.
Color Pattern
Adults are blue-gray above with barred underparts and a dark head with thick sideburns. Juveniles are heavily marked, with vertical streaks instead of horizontal bars on the breast. Despite considerable age-related and geographic variation, an overall steely, barred look remains.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Peregrine_Falcon/id
surrealAmerican
(11,362 posts)Then again, I've never seen the cooper's hawk mentioned earlier in this thread.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,777 posts)In any event they are more likely to be found on cliffs or tall buildings. I'm voting for Cooper's hawk.
See the range map for the peregrine, here: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Peregrine_Falcon/id and the Cooper's hawk, here: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Coopers_Hawk/lifehistory
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(52,273 posts)patricia92243
(12,597 posts)11 Bravo
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(52,273 posts)Lucinda
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(31,170 posts)because I used to own a Ford Anglia!
Greybnk48
(10,168 posts)2naSalit
(86,682 posts)Looks like one of those, widely distributed about the continent and hunt bird feeders. They look a lot like Cooper's but no feathers on legs, and this one looks too small for a Cooper's.