[mou] Help identifying a bird

[Alt, Mark]

This sounds like a food offering and copulatory behavior, the smaller
male offers the food to the female then breeds with her.  Did you hear
the characteristic kek-kek-kek calls afterwards? My guess is Cooper's
Hawk, but more info is needed. The voice would be characteristic.

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-----Original Message-----
From: mou-net-admin@cbs.umn.edu [mailto:mou-net-admin@cbs.umn.edu] On
Behalf Of Robert Metcalf
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 10:48 AM
To: mou-net@cbs.umn.edu
Subject: [mou] Help identifying a bird

Hi all,

I'm a rare lurker here. Time to post something. I live in South
Minneapolis=20
and just spotted a hawk outside my house eating something red and bloody
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the tree. A few feet away was a smaller version that would hop on the
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of the larger one and try to get some food, then hop back to the branch.

I grabbed my Peterson field guide and was able to narrow it down to
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Sharp-Shinned Hawk or a Cooper's Hawk. The tail looked rounded but I'm
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sure (being a neophyte). Has any one else seen this in South Minneapolis

and can someone help identify this beautiful species?

Regards,

Rob.

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