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Épervier Brun

bird photography weekly: accipiter species

06.28.2009

There’s nothing birders like better than a difficult identification, right? Here’s a challenge for you! I’ve previously posted this photo, though not for BPW (Ready for my closeup, February 25, 2008). Opinions varied, though I’m still calling it as a Sharpie. Got birds?

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ready for my closeup

02.25.2008

I went back and forth on Coopers vs Sharpie with regard to my visitor, using the pointers thoughtfully provided by the Cornell Lab, Identifying Cooper’s and Sharp-shinned Hawks. I finally settled on it being an immature Sharpie, based on the yellow eye and the pale stripe above the eye. This picture, a little closer than [...]

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