Trabic@lemm.ee to birding@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoCooper's or Sharp-shinned?i.imgur.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down12file-text
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minus-squareproudblond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·23 hours agoI agree: big head, rounded tail feathers. But it’s just a guess. Even Audubon says it can be a toss up. In my neighborhood, I always default to Cooper’s. One of the things I look for is the angry eyebrow.
minus-squareTrabic@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 hours agoMerlin says Sharpie is more likely here, but I agree that the head looks much more Cooper-y. But he didn’t have the grey back I associate with Cooper’s, and seemed too big for a juvenile. Either way I love those chest bars.
I agree: big head, rounded tail feathers. But it’s just a guess. Even Audubon says it can be a toss up.
In my neighborhood, I always default to Cooper’s. One of the things I look for is the angry eyebrow.
Merlin says Sharpie is more likely here, but I agree that the head looks much more Cooper-y. But he didn’t have the grey back I associate with Cooper’s, and seemed too big for a juvenile.
Either way I love those chest bars.