That’s kind of you, Larry. I had excellent, close views of the birds and recorded their calls at length, but lacked even modest experience. 🙂
Aren’t owls and hawks more or less on the same side separated by day and night? As I watched these Cooper’s Hawks, they flushed a great horned owl out of a black locust and chased it away in close pursuit. It was a real-time drama.
SSHA and COHA can be a difficult separation at times, esp if you can’t see much of the bird for overall structure, don’t hear vocals, etc…..
I’ve seen nationally-known, very experienced birders “stuck” on making a call one way or the other
Ha. I thought they were Sharp-shinned Hawks.
At least you know to correct your misidentification, Ceredig. When I claimed to have seen a couple of Cooper’s Hawks at Foote Park recently, it took an eBird moderator to set me straight and correctly identify them as Cooper’s Hawks. I’d concur with John, that those are some terrific shots of the shore crowd.
Very nice photos Ceredig.
John Shortis
sorry. miss ID. they were all juvenile Long-billed Curlews. checklist was updated.
It was in the checklist when I posted it. I wonder if Cederig decided it wasn’t a whimbrel.
Denise Hughes
Caldwell, Idaho
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