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First Plumage Adult (subadult) female Cooper's Hawk - 1E2A3561

I think I've finally figured out exactly what this particular hawk is. Clark and Wheeler's "Hawks of North America" second edition says first plumage adult (subadult) female Cooper's hawks have "bright yellow, occasionally orangish eyes." The eyes of this hawk are yellow, not orangish like first plumage adult (subadult) male Cooper's and adult Cooper's of both sexes. My earlier guess of "second year juvenile transitioning to adult plumage or a juvenile female" wasn't that far off.

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Uploaded on February 25, 2015
Taken on February 1, 2015