Hawk outside my kitchen window this afternoon

[REACTIVATED IN CT]

I went to get my cup of tea from the counter near the sink, looked out the window and saw a hawk sitting on a pole that used to have a birdhouse on it. He stayed long enough for me to get my camera, get several shots from the kitchen and a fewm ore from the next room. Red-tails and red-shoulders are most common around here but I think this may be a Cooper's.





More photos here
http://s14.photobucket.com/albums/a308/mmm1947/Hawk/

[livetohike]

1. Great shot!

He looks like he is looking right at you :-).

[elleng]

2. Saying, GOOD MORNING!

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[semillama]

3. I don't think it's a Cooper's.

It looks like a juvenile buteo of some sort, either Red-tailed or Red-shouldered hawk. Not sure which-but the pattern on the back makes me lean red-tailed. Not really sure though, the tear-dropped shaped spots on the chest are throwing me off a bit, but I'm pretty sure it's not an accipter. There aren't any bold bars on the tail.

Here's a juvenile Cooper's for comparison: