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At Hawk Ridge in Duluth, more than 2500 raptors are banded - Sep 15, 2008 South Washington County Bulletin,Assistant hawk bander John Gorey holds a female sharp-shinned hawk after removing it from a net and before banding it. Clint Austin/News Tribune This is Following the hawks - Sep 13, 2008 Duluth News Tribune,Sharp-shinned hawk — Banded in 1989 at Hawk Ridge. Found dead near Superior, 1999. Among oldest sharpshins on record at 10 years. Birds sometimes behave badly, at least from our perspective - Sep 24, 2008 The Gazette (Montreal),Sharp-shinned hawk, Cooper's hawk and merlin: As much as I love birds of prey, I have to admit that having a raptor hanging about the yard is not conducive gatlinburg is bird watcher’s dream destination for fall - Sep 24, 2008 Seymour Herald,Birders who visit Gatlinburg this fall will have the opportunity to see the elusive Broad-winged Hawk, Sharp-shinned hawk, Cooper’s hawk, Northern Harriers, Millions of hawks, other raptors fill autumn sky - Sep 1, 2008 Winston-Salem Journal,Smaller numbers of other species join them, including Mississippi Kite, Osprey, Peregrine Falcon, Cooper's Hawk and Sharp-shinned Hawk. Rare white hummingbird spotted in Cameron County - Sep 20, 2008 Brownsville Herald,In particular, a merlin or sharp-shinned hawk could prey on the bird. He said the leucistic hummingbird should be perfectly capable of breeding. Life Outside: Hawks, Insects, & Pawpaws - Aug 30, 2008 Shepherdstown Observer,Other species that may be seen include the Sharp-shinned hawk, the Red-shouldered hawk, the Red-tailed hawk, the American kestrel, and the Northern harrier. Coastal Journal: Insects are supermodels in photographer's eyes - Sep 1, 2008 The Virginian-Pilot,The sharp-shinned hawk has a more squared-off tail and the Cooper’sa more rounded tail tip. More Cooper’s hawks Bud Ory sent a wonderful photo of a young Aerial View: Jame McCarty sees birding becoming high-tech - Sep 15, 2008 The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com,Elmwood Park in Rocky River featured Philadelphia vireo, chestnut-sided warbler, gray-cheeked thrush, and sharp-shinned hawk, Paula Lozano and Bob Animal rights group condemns vandalism - Sep 22, 2008 Windsor Star,A sharp-shinned hawk is displayed during a hawk banding demonstration at 2007 Festival of Hawks at Holiday Beach Conservation Area. Sick and injured birds - Aug 12, 2008 Campbellton Tribune,If the bird is a victim of a collision with a window — something that happens quite frequently, especially if there happens to be a Sharp-shinned hawk or a Going bird watching in Oaks Bottom - Aug 6, 2008 The Bee,He then points out differences between two common accipiters found here — the Sharp-shinned hawk, or “sharpie,� and the Cooper’s hawk. Digby Neck’s wind to power local lights - Jul 24, 2008 Nova Scotia Business Journal,I have seen the list of birds that are being specifically studied and the sharp-shinned hawk is on that list. We are still waiting for the report but to Feathered friends: Pelham wildlife sculptor unveils an artistic aviary - Jul 24, 2008 Amherst Bulletin,Here a whimbrel is shown at center, a semipalmated plover, right and a sharp-shinned hawk, top right. She was one of those nature-besotted kids who spent Wildlife: Summer sightings - Jul 16, 2008 Lincoln Journal,...foxgloves and bergamot), rose-breasted grosbeaks, a broad-winged hawk devouring a snake, and a sharp-shinned hawk chasing a much larger red-tailed hawk. Coastal Journal: Sippers keep fast-food diner humming - Jul 30, 2008 The Virginian-Pilot,She up and saw a little sharp-shinned hawk with the mockingbird a few branches above, “hollering at him.� State park activities Find out what’s going on at Gone Native - Jul 23, 2008 The INDsider,Chances are, this is not the first winter in which the adult female Sharp-shinned Hawk that dashed away from us at the beginning of our walk has spent here. Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center a bird-watcher's paradise - 25 Apr 2008 Atlanta Journal Constitution,...and a sharp-shinned hawk calling ... black and turkey vultures soar overhead ... but the biggest show at the lake is the osprey snatching a fish. Did eaten songbird claw its way through hawk? - Apr 24, 2008 MSNBCOn the evening of Sunday, March 30, Julia Di Sieno of the Animal Rescue Team in California noticed the dead sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter striatus) while Go Birding! Migrants, Esp. Hawks, are on the Move! - Apr 23, 2008 MaineToday.com,A Sharp-shinned Hawk at 3:45 EDST was our 2000th bird of the season – last year we tallied 2123 by the end of the season, so we’re well on our way to Injured hawk flying high after some rehab - Apr 3, 2008 Cape Cod Times,Released moments before by wildlife rehabilitation specialist Karen Von den Deale, the Sharp-shinned hawk settled into one of the tall trees near the marsh. Birds of prey drawn to bay - Apr 14, 2008 Rochester Democrat and Chronicle,..."These little guys are the ones who take your songbirds off the feeder," said Tom McDonald, 58, of East Irondequoit, handling a female sharp-shinned hawk Last Supper: Eaten bird kills diner - Apr 21, 2008 San Luis Obispo Tribune,By Bill Etling After being digested by a Sharp-shinned hawk, this time the victim put its foot down and perhaps got a measure of satisfaction. Chris Corio: Crows use mob rule expertise to repel raptor - Apr 12, 2008 Bangor Daily News,A small raptor — I’m guessing it was a sharp-shinned hawk — shot straight up from within one of the trees. The power and speed the bird exhibited was Inside the Outdoors: Some bird facts stranger than fiction - Apr 10, 2008 The Lake Country Echo,It was then that I realized by its proportions that it was a small hawk, very likely a sharp-shinned hawk, or perhaps a kestrel. I've seen sharp-shinned Migration off to a cool start; raptors, waterfowl begin trickling in - Apr 17, 2008 Fairbanks Daily News-Miner,The first sharp-shinned hawk of the season was reported on March 25 about one mile from Curry’s Corner. Sightings of a bald eagle in town started on the Identify local raptors by body shape, hunting technique - Apr 9, 2008 Portsmouth Herald News,...area and have a hawk stalking your bird feeder, chances are it is a Cooper's hawk, or its smaller but almost identical cousin the sharp-shinned hawk. What hawks are really like - Apr 4, 2008 Wilmington News Journal, OH,If any hawk does attack poultry, it is more likely the quick, low profile Cooper’s hawk or its close relative, the sharp-shinned hawk. With onset of migration, different birders keep eyes, ears open ... - Apr 17, 2008 Fairbanks Daily News-Miner,...“Saturday I was driving up to Skiland and on top of (Cleary) summit there was a sharp-shinned hawk diving a buteo hawk,� she said. “That was exciting. Southcoast landowner donates 952-acre easement to POST - Apr 3, 2008 Coastsider News,...as well as the California red-legged frog, white-tailed kite, peregrine falcon, Cooper’s hawk, sharp-shinned hawk, golden eagle and marbled murrelet. Birds of prey keep gentler - 22 Feb 2008 Newsdurhamregion.com,Some helpful ID tips: About as long as a blue jay, a sharp-shinned hawk has a squared-off tail and a small head. The Cooper’s hawk, more crow length, A Restaurant for the Birds Welcomes All - Jan 25, 2008 NPRPerched on the crossbar of our feeding station, he stares me down, this pint-sized sharp-shinned hawk. He showed up here in mid-October, and he clearly Greenville resident watches hawk feed on smaller birds - Feb 13, 2008 Delta Democrat Times (subscription),...birds during inclement weather, and also as a place to hide from predators like the juvenile sharp-shinned hawk Bonnell saw in his back yard Monday. WITT GIBBONS: Nature's gatecrashers welcome - Feb 3, 2008 Tuscaloosa News (subscription),Both moved bullet-fast, a sharp-shinned hawk in pursuit of a male cardinal. The pair made two complete trips around a big wax myrtle bush. Bird Watch - Feb 16, 2008 The Daily News of Newburyport,Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport: Sharp-shinned Hawk, American Kestrel, Merlin, Red-tailed Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk. Pine Island Road, Newbury: Hooded Mackinac Island - Feb 19, 2008 St. Ignace News (subscription),During the big blizzard we experienced on Mackinac Sunday, February 10, Patti Ann and Steve Moskwa noticed a sharp-shinned hawk in their backyard. Bird Watch - Feb 9, 2008 The Daily News of Newburyport,Emery Lane, West Newbury: Sharp-shinned Hawk, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Hairy Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, American Robin. Column: Bird behavior has more questions than answers - Feb 7, 2008 Niles Daily Star,Let a sharp-shinned hawk appear on the horizon, though, and everyone is instantly gone. And they know the difference between the dreaded Cooper's hawk and a The wild side - Jan 31, 2008 Lawrence Journal World,Stan Roth, adjunct educator and naturalist with the Kansas Biological Survey, says this of the bird: “The sharp-shinned hawk is a small, secretive, 18 species found in Misery Township - Feb 8, 2008 Central Maine Morning Sentinel,The only birds of prey were 13 Bald Eagles and a Sharp-shinned Hawk. A Tufted Titmouse was a good sighting as this species continues to expand into the Winter birds swarming all - Feb 9, 2008 Newsdurhamregion.com,The pine grosbeak that a sharp-shinned hawk caught in Doug Lockrey’s yard in Whitby last week was definitely a male. Doug was watching the grosbeak out his Their eyes are on the skies - Jan 27, 2008 Wilkes Barre Times-Leader,...spotted downy woodpeckers, starlings, robins, mourning doves, geese, juncos, cardinals, a herring gull and a sharp-shinned hawk, to name a few species. Hawks eye diners at area birdfeeders - Nov 26, 2007 Atlanta Journal Constitution,The sharp-shinned hawk has large eyes and a long, very maneuverable tail that aids its flying – and hunting. Sharp-shin numbers increase in Georgia during Little sharpie extends that feeling of gratitude - Nov 27, 2007 Contra Costa Times,It was a little male sharp-shinned hawk. He had been zigging and zagging after one of the birds that was eating at Meg's feeders and had zagged when he Ravenous hawk returns to haunt neighborhood's bird feeders - Nov 11, 2007 LubbockOnline.com,It was a sharp-shinned hawk stopping by, checking out the feeders, and hoping for an easy meal. Two days later, I walked out front again and saw a few small Now is the time to view local raptors - Nov 29, 2007 Nevada Appeal,...but "the most common of the migratory raptors are the Cooper's hawk and sharp-shinned hawk," said Chris Tomlinson, supervisory biologist for NDOW. Get to know raptors in our area - Nov 3, 2007 Attleboro Sun Chronicle,The wing span of a Sharp-shinned hawk is about 17 to 22 inches; a Cooper's hawk, 24-35 inches. Both also share the same appetite for birds, One for the birds - Nov 29, 2007 The Casper Star Tribune,A sharp-shinned hawk streaked into the middle of the blackbirds, scattering them all right at me. "Holy S---!" I yelled and hit the deck, covering my head Jean-Luc Picardinal spotted at feeder in Park Rapids - Nov 16, 2007 Park Rapids Enterprise,Kathy Medellin enjoyed reading Marlene Weber’s report about the hide-and-go-seek activities of the blue jay and sharp-shinned hawk because she’s been seeing Bird Watch - Nov 10, 2007 The Daily News of Newburyport,Hairy Woodpecker, Hermit Thrush, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Northern Cardinal, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Dark-eyed Junco, Song Sparrow, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Cedar waxwings, robins, starlings stop by Becida Bar - Nov 23, 2007 Park Rapids Enterprise,In addition, he saw a sharp-shinned hawk chase a northern shrike Tuesday, Nov. 20. I went onto the Minnesota Ornithological Union (MOU) Web site and found • Aerial View: Changing weather brings array of birds to Northeast ... - Nov 7, 2007 The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com,...a little gull amid the multitudes of Bonaparte's gulls; two bald eagles; a sharp-shinned hawk; a flyby flock of snow buntings; a couple of pine siskins; Keeping tabs on birds of prey - Oct 25, 2007 The Journal News / Lohud.com,..."A couple of species have done really well in more urban areas - the Cooper's hawk and sharp-shinned hawk - have found they really like hunting near Dead Raptor Gets A New Life - Oct 22, 2007 TomRiver Times,TOMS RIVER - Sally Brooks of Lavallette has donated a taxidermied sharp shinned hawk to be put on display at the Cooper Environmental Center. First bird tests positive for West Nile virus in Putnam - Oct 3, 2007 Mid-Hudson News,Carmel – The Putnam County Health Department has been notified by the state Department of Health that a Sharp-Shinned Hawk located in the Town of Kent has Migrating hawks are worth look - Oct 19, 2007 Oneonta Daily Star,In this area, the most common species are the red-tailed hawk and the sharp-shinned hawk, but other species of raptors are also common. Twiggy witches’ brooms aren’t just for Halloween - Oct 26, 2007 Park Rapids Enterprise,Marlene also said she and John have been entertained by an immature sharp-shinned hawk who likes to chase blue jays through their yard. Area Briefs: Area 'roots' musicians perform today in Attica - Oct 20, 2007 Mansfield News Journal,...mallard, bald eagle, northern harrier, sharp-shinned hawk, red-tailed hawk, American kestrel, killdeer, ring-billed gull, rock pigeon, mourning dove, 10/17/07 What's Happening - Oct 18, 2007 Yakima Herald-Republic,Raptors included Northern Harrier, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk and American Kestrel. A trip to the Observatory Road burn, in the Wenas area, Free Birds: Bozeman’s Montana Raptor Conservation Center - Oct 11, 2007 New West,This past week the center had 12 raptors in its care from seven different species: Ferruginous Hawk, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Great-Horned Owl, Osprey, New store is for the birds - Oct 20, 2007 Danbury News Times,Endangered species in greater Danbury include the Peregrine falcon, bald eagle, barn owl and the sharp-shinned hawk, Phillip Robbins said. Wildlife sightings Oct. 3 - Oct 3, 2007 Cape Codder,Also on this date were three purple finches, a sharp-shinned hawk, and four white-throated sparrows. The East Harwich Community Gardens on September 30 Letters: Rebuild US; go back to pre-1980 taxes - 20 Aug 2007 Corvallis Gazette Times,...the towhee, Bewick's wren or be able to distinguish Cooper's from the sharp-shinned hawk, among so many other birds that frequent Willamette Park? Chatt-A-Birdin' - Jul 26, 2007 The Chattanoogan,It is generally accepted that a Sharp-shinned hawk has a squared off tail while a Cooper’s has a more rounded tail. Tail shape is not always definitive Bird sighting - Jul 25, 2007 Salt Lake Tribune,The other raptor often confused with the Cooper's hawk is another accipiter, the sharp-shinned hawk. Its tail is squared off and the head does not project David Horst column: Cooper's hawks show good hygiene, poor table ... - Aug 8, 2007 Appleton Post Crescent,The squared-off tail with dark bands distinguishes it from the sharp-shinned hawk. The times that the Cooper's family members have given us a good look has Raptors find themselves in their element in urban areas - Jul 22, 2007 Providence Journal (subscription),The nearly 100 species on their campus bird list includes a number of raptors: turkey vultures, sharp-shinned hawk, Cooper’s hawk, red-tailed hawk, Find yourself a dragonfly - Jul 23, 2007 Pembroke Daily Observer,On July 14, Pat Burger of Achray Road observed a Sharp-shinned Hawk hunting in her yard. She also reported that she has two pairs of Indigo Buntings, Reappearing caterpillar getting a lift from kitty? - Jul 26, 2007 Contra Costa Times,Could it be a sharp-shinned hawk, as the tail was not at all rounded? I got a great look at it as it sat on my fence near one of our feeders this morning. [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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