Drewesque Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Just when I thought I had this down! Appears to have the blocky head of the Cooper’s but chest markings and squarish tail seem more like Sharp-Shinned. Seen today (2/4/2020) in East Texas (Tyler). IMG_9132.MOV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akandula Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Definitely young Cooper's. Note the thin streaking, tubular overall, relatively large, blocky head, small eyes close to the front of the head, and shorter outer-tail feathers. "Squareness" and "roundness" of the tail are misleading; instead look at the relative length of the outer tail feathers. On Cooper's, they're noticeably smaller than the inner feathers, while on Sharp-shinned, all the feathers are about the same length. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewesque Posted February 4, 2020 Author Share Posted February 4, 2020 Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 (edited) Personally, I'm never tired of this question. I need the practice. It must be helping; I got this one. Scaup and Canada / Cackling, on the other hand ... Edited February 4, 2020 by Charlie Spencer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bird Nuts Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 I agree with everything @akandula wrote...although I've never heard of the word "overall" used as a noun like that. :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akandula Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 28 minutes ago, The Bird Nuts said: I agree with everything @akandula wrote...although I've never heard of the word "overall" used as a noun like that. 🙂 More explaining = more grammar mistakes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 53 minutes ago, The Bird Nuts said: I agree with everything @akandula wrote...although I've never heard of the word "overall" used as a noun like that. 🙂 Tubular overalls are what New Wave farmers wear. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Leukering Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Juvenile (not immature) Cooper's https://cobirds.org/CFO/ColoradoBirds/InTheScope/87.pdf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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