Sharpie

I believe this is a young sharp-shinned hawk and not a cooper's hawk (super hard to distinguish between the two species).

 

This young raptor had a small bird trapped in the thick underbrush but fortunately for the would-be-prey the raptor was unable to get to the bird but it was a missed meal for the young raptor.

 

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Sharp-shinned Hawk (?)

Accipiter striatus

Cook County

Illinois

USA

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