Hawk ID help - DeWitt Co, TX - 2/1 - 4/1, 2021

[Caley Thomas 49]

Photos 1-3: same bird

Photo 4: different bird

Photo 5: different bird

Photo 6 & 7(same bird): Cooper's Hawk?

[The Bird Nuts 5,110]

1-3. Red-tailed Hawk (belly band)

4. Red-tailed Hawk (dark patagial bars)

5. Not sure

6-7. Sharp-shinned Hawk (nape is same dark gray as the cap, large eyes on small rounded head, skinny legs)

[Hasan 415]

As I suspected was the case, bringing #5 into photoshop and lightening it reveals a Red-shouldered Hawk.

[IKLland 1,175]

11 hours ago, Hasan said:

As I suspected was the case, bringing #5 into photoshop and lightening it reveals a Red-shouldered Hawk.

What’s ruling out harrier?

[Avery 1,733]

2 minutes ago, IKLland said:

What’s ruling out harrier?

Shape, and the harriers this time of year are streaky below if they are young, not orange.

[Hasan 415]

27 minutes ago, IKLland said:

What’s ruling out harrier?

There's nothing about that bird that suggests Harrier- the structure is bulky and compact, unlike the slim and elongated look of Northern Harrier. The tail is short, wings are broad.

[Caley Thomas 49]

Thank you @Hasan and everyone else!  You hawk experts are particularly impressive to me - I really tend to struggle with them!

[Tony Leukering 3,191]

5 hours ago, Hasan said:

There's nothing about that bird that suggests Harrier- the structure is bulky and compact, unlike the slim and elongated look of Northern Harrier. The tail is short, wings are broad.

The tail is too broad and too short; the wings are too wide; the only Northern Harriers that have distinctly black wing tips are adult males and the black is more extensive and contrasts more cleanly, sharply with the white under wing and they don’t have tails banded with black and white.