Northern Goshawk/Coopers Eric Ellingson 7/16/13

This photo was previously posted here but cropped so as not to see the size of the tree it’s on.
The consensus was that it was Coopers. I reluctantly agreed even though it seemed much bigger than others I’d seen.
However the Length and Wing Span are very close to being the same on a large Coopers and a small Northern Goshawk.


Sharing this photo with someone else recently they replied:

“Gorgeous Immature northern goshawk
note the faint white eye stripe above the eye.
note the furthermost outside tail feather.
The coopers hawk has no eye stripe and that outside tail feather is shorter yet, yielding a much rounder end of the tail.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING
Bret “

Another opinion on a difficult ID. Hope this helps someone else too.
If I can only learn to ID all the little brown birds and notice such distinctions

Eric

Hooded Merganser and Cooper's Hawk fledglings Pat Buhl 7/22/13

What I think may be a juvenile Hooded Merganser (please correct if I'm wrong about that), has been feeding in Whatcom Creek just upstream from the Derby Pond in Whatcom Falls Park, and hanging out with the Mallards in and around the Derby Pond, for the last couple of days.
There were also three Cooper's Hawk fledglings in the sunny, relatively open area near the nest on the trail to Scudder Pond, on July 14... one was seen today across the trail from the nest.

Cooper Hawk Babies‏- John Green 7/13/13

Just saw four Cooper hawk young ones in the trees along N. Forest St. east of E. Ivy st. and west of Berry st. (closer to Berry).