Hawk Mountain officials observe nearly 5,000 migrating sharp-shinned hawks annually ... so it really doesn’t matter what kind of habitat exists between the beginning and end of their journey.

A sharp-shinned hawk in Granbury, Texas ... Originally a water reclamation site, this is now a wetland habitat for numerous birds. It’s a heavily wooded area where birders can watch small ...

The sharp-shinned hawk is the compact car in a group of hawks known as Accipiters. The related Cooper’s hawk is the mid-size version, and the northern goshawk is the full-size model. Accipiters ...

"What kind of hawk is this that's eating my birds?" That's a recent question from a reader. And it's not uncommon. Sometimes readers attach phone picturs of the predatory birds. These hawks are ...

The “blue flash” will be either a sharp-shinned or a Cooper's hawk, the infamous "chicken hawks" of rural lore that feed primarily on other birds. Because of their blue-gray backs and ...

The sharp-shinned hawk, commonly called a sharpie, is a small hawk with a big attitude. About the size of a blue jay, it is the smallest hawk in North America. No matter. Sharpies use their short ...

A sharp-shinned hawk will likely be the culprit. This hawk will often fly up and land in a nearby tree, on top of a fencepost or some other lofty perch and watch small birds at a feeder ...

This is a Sharp-shinned Hawk, a bird that nests in the northern half of our state, and throughout Canada. It's the smallest member of the Accipiter family -- Sharp-shinned, Cooper's, and Goshawk ...

Both the sharp-shinned and the Cooper’s hawk are common in and around Santa Fe, but it can be difficult to tell them apart. The biggest difference between them is size. Cooper’s hawks are ...

Then, a blue jay appeared and the mystery was no longer a mystery. Unbeknownst to me, a sharp-shinned hawk had been sitting in the large Eastern cottonwood tree that grows next to my deck. The blue ...

A sharp-shinned hawk, which was banded earlier in the day, is released Sept. 25, 2022, by a staff member at Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory in Duluth, Minnesota.

One of the classic tricky identifications in the birding world is distinguishing a sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter striatus) from a Cooper’s hawk (Accipiter cooperii): both are accipiters (a type ...