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	Hinterland Who's Who - Bird Fact Sheets
		The Cooper’s Hawk is intermediate in size; the male Cooper’s is easily confused with the female Sharp-shinned Hawk, and the female Cooper’s Hawk is almost as large as the male Northern Goshawk.
		As a breeding bird, the Sharp-shinned Hawk favours the boreal, or northernmost forest in the Northern Hemisphere.
		The Cooper’s Hawk nests primarily in deciduous woodlands.
	www.hww.ca /hww2p.asp?id=48&cid=0

	Hawk at exZOOberance!
		The American kestrel is classified as Falco sparverius, the rough-legged hawk as Buteo lagopus, the sharp-shinned hawk as Accipiter striatus, and Cooper’s hawk as Accipiter cooperii.
		The sharp-shinned hawk, for example, breeds in Alaska and Canada during the spring and summer and migrates south to winter in Panama.
		Some types of hawks, such as the sharp-shinned hawk of the eastern United States, are declining in parts of their range.
	www.exzooberance.com /virtual%20zoo/they%20fly/hawk/hawk.htm

	FINAL RULE: PUERTO RICAN RAPTORS, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
		Extant populations of the broad-winged hawk and the sharp-shinned hawk are restricted to three and five montane forests, respectively.
		The center of sharp-shinned hawk courtship and territorial activities in Maricao forest was located in the north-central and eastern parts, within the subtropical lower montane wet forest and subtropical wet forest life zones.
		In the Caribbean National Forest, the only two sharp-shinned hawks sighted (a solitary territorial pair) were detected in the south-central part of the forest, confined to the palo colorado forest type of the lower montane forest life zone (Delannoy 1992).
	www.fws.gov /endangered/r/fr94550.html

	Hawk Mountain education
		In comparison to adults, juvenile Sharp-shinned Hawks have brown upperparts, and cream-colored underparts that often are heavily streaked with reddish brown on the breast and belly.
		At Hawk Mountain, 98% of the Sharp-shinned Hawk flight passes between 9 September and 5 November with the peak passage occurring in early October.
		Because Sharp-shinned hawks are difficult to observe and census during the breeding season, migration counts have served as an important means for determining population trends.
	www.hawkmountain.org /education/sharpie.htm

	CentralPets.com - Hawk - Sharp Shinned Page (Printer Friendly Version)
		The Sharp Shinned Hawk, identified by a discerning eye, is often observed with pleasure by those who live in the areas it passes through during migration, and by those who live in areas the Sharp Shinned Hawk will migrate to.
		The Sharp Shinned Hawk is native to North America, and is in fact the smallest Accipiter found on that continent.
		A mature Sharp Shinned Hawk is usually between ten to 14 inches in length (25 to 36 centimeters) and has a 21 to 22 inch (54 to 56 centimeters) wingspan.
	centralpets.com /php/PrintFriendly.php?AnimalNumber=2940

	Sharp-shinned Hawk
		The Sharp-shinned Hawk’s prey is usually taken to a special location near the nest to be plucked of its feathers or fur.
		Sharp-shinned Hawks are often seen chasing and feeding on songbirds at backyard bird feeders.
		MEASUREMENTS: The Sharp-shinned Hawk has a body length of 10 - 14 inches, a wingspan of 20 - 27 inches, and weighs 3 - 8 ounces.
	www.peregrinefund.org /explore_raptors/hawks/sshnhawk.html

	Sharp-shinned Hawk
		The Sharp-shinned Hawk is from 10 to 14 inches long, with a wingspan of from 20 to 27 inches.
		The Sharp-shinned Hawk, a robin-sized accipiter very similar to the larger, Crow-sized Cooper’s Hawk, is the smallest North American accipiter.
		Sharp-shinned Hawks suffered drastic population declines that were noted in the early 1970’s.
	www.wbu.com /chipperwoods/photos/sshawk.htm

	hawk on Encyclopedia.com
		Other destructive American accipiters are the chicken, or Cooper's, hawk, Accipiter cooperi, and the small (robin-sized) sharp-shinned hawk, A.
		The name hawk is applied also to many falcons and the totally unrelated nighthawk (a goatsucker), certain members of the gull and jaeger families, and the hawk swallow, a European swift.
		Except for the harriers, or marsh hawks (owl-faced birds of open land and marshes), which are ground nesters, hawks build their nests of sticks and twigs in trees.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/h1/hawk.asp

	Birds, Familiar: Sharp-shinned Hawk, Life Histories of North American Birds, A.C. Bent
		Field marks.--The sharp-shinned hawk may be recognized as an Accipiter by its rather short, rounded wings and long tail, or by its manner of flight, usually rather low, with a series of flappings alternating with rapid sailings.
		A sharp-shinned hawk's nest is usually recognizable as a broad, rather flat platform of clean sticks, built on horizontal branches against the trunk, quite unlike a crow's nest.
		Eggs.--The eggs of the sharp-shinned hawk are highly prized by collectors, as they are among the handsomest of American hawk's eggs and show almost endless variations in color and pattern.
	home.bluemarble.net /~pqn/ch61-70/shshhawk.html

	All About Birds
		A small hawk, the Sharp-shinned Hawk is a regular visitor to bird feeders, where it eats birds, not seed.
		Sharp-shinned Hawks migrate south out of Canada in the fall and are observed at hawk watches in very large numbers.
		Fewer hawks may be migrating south, preferring instead to stay farther north near a dependable food source: feeder birds.
	birds.cornell.edu /programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Sharp-shinned_Hawk.html

	Sharp-shinned Hawk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Sharp-shinned Hawk, Accipiter striatus, is a small hawk.
		Adults have short broad wings and a long square-ended tail with dark bands.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sharp-shinned_Hawk

	SDNHM Focus on Sharp-shinned and Cooper's Hawk
		The head of Cooper's Hawk is slightly larger in proportion to the bird's body, the Sharp-shin's smaller.
		For decades Cooper's Hawks were regarded as "chicken hawks" and persecuted as predators of poultry.
		On the east side of the mountains Cooper's Hawks nest in the few canyons that support significant riparian woodland, such as Alder Canyon (C11), where Paul Jorgensen found a used nest on 20 June 2001, and San Felipe Creek near Scissors Crossing (J22), where Mark Jorgensen found a nest with nestlings on 28 June 2000.
	www.sdnhm.org /research/birdatlas/focus/coopershawk.html

	The Aviary: Sharp-shinned Hawk
		Sharp-shinned hawks are fierce, bold hunters that prey primarily on small birds.
		The sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter striatus) is a small accipiter about 10 inches long with a 21-inch wingspan.
		It is similar to the Cooper's hawk, but smaller with a squared tail.
	aviary.owls.com /sharp_shinned_hawk/sharpie.html

	Sharp-shinned or Slate-coloured Hawk
		While in search of prey, the Sharp-shinned Hawk passes over the country, now at a moderate height, now close over the land, in so swift a manner that, although your eye has marked it, you feel surprised that the very next moment it has dashed off and is far away.
		I found a nest of this Hawk in a hole of the well-known "Rock-in-cave" on the Ohio river, in the early part of the spring of 1819.
		On running up, I observed the anxiety of the Hawk as I approached, and twice saw it attempt to rise on wing to carry off its prize; but it was unable to do so, and before it could disengage itself I was able to secure both.
	www.audubon.org /bird/boa/F2_G10c.html

	The Modern Apprentice - The Sharp-Shinned Hawk
		The Sharp-Shinned Hawk is named for the thin ridge which runs along the bird's long legs, or tarsus, giving the appearance of a "sharp shin".
		The Sharp-Shin and the Cooper's hawk are sometimes confused.
		This hawk displays the most pronounced sexual dimorphism of any of the hawks with the female being considerably larger than the male.
	www.themodernapprentice.com /sharpshin.htm

	PENNSYLVANIA - LoveToKnow Article on PENNSYLVANIA
		The avifauna includeamong the birds of preythe red-shouldered hawk, red-tailed hawk, marsh hawk, Coopers hawk, sharp-shinned hawk and sparrow hawk; the great horned owl, the barn owl and the screech owl; and bald eagles are not uncommon in the mountainous regions along the larger rivers.
		The turkey-buzzard turkey-vulture (very valuable as a scavenger) is seen occasionally, especially in the south and south-west.
		Two species of venomous snakesthe rattlesnake and the copper-headoccur in the sparsely settled regions.
	28.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PE/PENNSYLVANIA.htm

	Sharp-shinned Hawk
		Sharp-shinned Hawks are one of the smallest hawks.
		In North America, the Sharp-shinned Hawk is the smallest of the forest accipiters.
		Field identification of Sharp-shinned Hawks can be difficult, as they resemble the somewhat larger Cooper’s Hawk in relative size, color, and shape.
	www.hawkwatch.org /FactSheets/SSfact.htm

	Sharp-shinned Hawk Species Account - Florida Breeding Bird Atlas
		The Sharp-shinned Hawk, or Little Blue Darter, is an abundant hawk in Florida in winter and during migration, sometimes to the dismay of folks who maintain backyard bird feeders.
		The Sharp-shinned Hawk feeds almost exclusively on birds from warbler size to dove size, which may be even larger than the hawk.
		The Sharp-shinned Hawk resides in Florida mostly in the winter, arriving in August or September and remaining until April or May (Stevenson and Anderson 1994).
	wld.fwc.state.fl.us /bba/ssha.htm

	Carolina Raptor Center - Raptor Species: Sharp-shinned Hawk
		Distribution: Sharp-shinned hawks are found in woodlands throughout most of North and Central America, more northern than Cooper's hawks.
		Description: The small sharp-shinned hawk has the typical short round wings and long tail of the accipiters.
		Carolina Raptor Center - Raptor Species: Sharp-shinned Hawk
	www.carolinaraptorcenter.org /ss_hawk.php

	Golden Gate Raptor Observatory
		A female Sharp-shinned Hawk is almost the same size as the male Cooper's Hawk.
		The Sharp-shinned Hawk's tail appears squared off while the Cooper's Hawk's tail is deeply curved.
		The male Sharp-shinned Hawk is much smaller than this female Cooper's Hawk.
	www.ggro.org /compareaccips.html

	BFL: Species Account: Sharp-shinned Hawk
		The Sharp-shinned Hawk is a characteristic species of northern and montane coniferous forests, and being a top predator, it is a species of conservation importance.
		Like the Cooper’s Hawk, the sharp-shin may be nesting with increasing frequency near sources of human disturbance.
		This hawk is listed as a species of concern in several states and provinces.
	birds.cornell.edu /bfl/speciesaccts/shshaw.html

	D and D Wildlife Photography - Sharp-shinned Hawk
		The Sharp-shinned Hawk lays 4 or 5 whitish eggs, marked with brown, on a shallow, well-made platform of twigs concealed in a dense conifer.
		he Sharp-shinned Hawk is a jay-sized, fast-flying hawk with a long, narrow, square-tipped tail and short rounded wings.
		Sharp-shinned Hawks range throughout most of North America, breeding from southern Alaska to central California, Arizona, New Mexico and northern Texas.
	www.baymoon.com /~bbb/sharp_shin_hawk.htm

	Newsday.com - A sharp-shinned hawk
		A sharp-shinned hawk provided an encounter with the natural world.
	www.newsday.com /other/special/naturalworld/ny-nw-davis-hawk3,0,1626186.photo?coll=ny-nw-bottom-promo

	Birds of Nova Scotia - Sharp-shinned Hawk
		They report that a small hawk of sorts is hanging about the garden premises; the birds are terrified, leave the feeder, and duck into thick shrubbery the moment the hawk arrives.
		As I watched, three hungry, covetous crows suddenly attaked and so harassed the little hawk that the latter was forced to flee for its life, leaving the crows to fight amongst themselves for possession of the spoils.
		Now that all hawk species are protected throughout the year by provincial statute, it is illegal to shoot the marauder.
	museum.gov.ns.ca /mnh/nature/nsbirds/bns0088.htm

	Sharp-shinned Hawk
		The Sharp-shinned Hawk has a shrill and high pitched kik, kik, kik.
		The Female Sharp-shinned Hawk can sometimes be confused with a male Coopers Hawk.
		Sharp-shinned Hawks prefer both deciduous and coniferous forests.
	wcm.capemayschools.com /Hawk6200/sharp-shinnedhawk1.htm

	Sharp-shinned hawk
		The sharp-shinned hawk can be found in all of Florida, except the Keys, during the fall, winter, and springs months, usually from September to April.
		In Florida, the sharp-shinned hawk occurs in forests, scrub, and open areas.
		During the summer months, this hawk is found further north from north Georgia to Kentucky.
	www.sfrc.ufl.edu /4h/sharshin.htm

	Sharp-shinned Hawks in Kansas
		Sharp-shinned hawks are robin-sized birds with bluish gray backs, rufous barred chests and a square tail with a narrow white band at the tip.
		Sharp-shinned hawks prey almost exclusively on small birds.
		Sharpshins are strongly dimorphic in size with the females much larger than the males.
	www.gpnc.org /hawkss.htm

	Sharp-shin Revisted (Sharp-shinned Hawk, Accipiter striatus)
		We suspect there was one additional factor that may have caused the sudden bailout: The presence of a Sharp-shinned Hawk in late morning on 4 March.
		Not to be deterred from a possible lunch, the hawk simply dropped down to the edge of a small water garden beneath the trap and alternately stared at us and its intended prey (bottom photo).
		Another second later the hawk was flapping wildly around the hanging tunnel trap--even latching onto it with its talons--all the while trying to get at two undoubtedly terrified Purple Finches.
	hiltonpond.org /ThisWeek040301.html

	What Hawk is it?
		But when I followed the logic of the people who compared the size of the starling to the size of the hawk and mixed in plumage details, it occurs to me this is an Amazon-sized female Sharp-shinned hawk.
		On page 112, the sharp-shinned hawk is shown to have a straighter tail (the cooper's is rounded) and a gray nape (the
		Although "your" Sharpies don't appear on the ground too often, Hawks in Flight reads, "In winter, the Sharp-shinned Hawk often stakes a claim to one or more backyard feeding stations.
	www.xmission.com /~cldavis/whathawk.html

	Stitching Princess: Sharp-shinned Hawk, eNature.com
		I've finally identified this raptor as a sharp-shinned hawk.
		Now I just have to figure out how to keep him away from the birds I wanted to attract.
	mbphd.blogspot.com /2003/11/sharp-shinned-hawk-enaturecom.html

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