Here's another shot of our local Sharp-shinned Hawk ( Accipiter striatus) perched in the neighbours Norway Maple.

Unfortunately the background isn't the greatest, but I take what I can get when shooting in the backyard. The pattern in the back is the neighbours house!

Here's another shot of that handsome Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) perched in our Empress tree, checking out our backyard.

A Sharp-shinned Hawk getting restless watching the bird feeders at the Nature Center.

My first ever Sharp-shinned Hawk. I was looking for Cedar Waxwings when a pair arrived in the area. One left, but this one posed nicely. Judging by the bird feathers under the talons probably explains why I saw very few song birds.

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata)

From a visit to the Western Treatment Plant in 2019

A sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter striatus) in the yard near in Tucson, Arizona. (Thanks to Arron Watler for help with the id).

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata)

In the shallows at the mouth of the Paisley Drain.

Getting restless, getting ready to take off.

Another pic from when I was bored!!!

More of the Sharp-shinned Hawk in the Nature Center.

A sharp-shinned hawk watches the smaller birds fly around.

This Great Egret close-up sure helped me see just how sharp their beaks are, as seen in the Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge, July 22, 2023.

A Sharp-shinned Hawk Flies Overhead

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This morning while enjoying my backyard birds, a Collared Dove was about to land near a feeder, when this Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) swooped in and took down the Dove.

I took a lot of shots, but this is the only one I will post. As in all of nature, all things must eat to survive.

Huge Crop

A bird's eye view of the sharp shinned. Mills River, NC.

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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A Sharp-tailed Sandpiper.

South Dakota

sharpie art by Doris Silks

shot through a window

Macro Mondays: Mediums

Ah, the noble grouse, a true prairie monarch... well, until an eagle flies by, or someone stops his car for a photo op. Actually, this sharpie gave me time for four or five frames, then it flew. Male grouse are now gathering in the pre-dawn at a number of leks, or dancing grounds, in our area, to strut and fight and impress the watching females that they are the best mating options available. Unfortunately, Parks Canada has closed the access road that one must drive to watch (and photograph) them from one's vehicle without causing a disturbance. Flooding in the river valley. Muddy roads. I guess they don't want some fool getting stuck. I can't understand it, since I'm the only one who drives in there at this time of year...

Photographed near Val Marie, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2018 James R. Page - all rights reserved.

GROUP: LOOKING CLOSE...ON FRIDAY!

THEME: ODD ONE OUT

SUBJECT: HIGHLIGHTERS

I looked out the window just as passersby spooked this Sharp-shinned hawk off my front lawn into my Japanese maple tree. I went and got my camera, then went out and shot a horrible photo of it in that tree before it flew across the street to the oak tree, where I got this shot.

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Going by the long middle claw, I'm saying Sharp-Shinned Hawk. Taken in the blind

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An adult sharp-shinned hawk perches momentarily with a common redpoll that it caught by flying rapidly into a spruce tree. The heavy snowfall made focus difficult but at the same time created some winter ambience.

A sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter striatus) wondering where all the song birds have gone. With the arrival of the cold weather (note the snow falling) the diversity of birds visiting the feeder had doubled, with evening grosbeaks, spotted towhees, and white-crowned sparrows joining the chickadees, juncos, and house finches. However all of them disappeared when this sharpie arrived.

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Naa, just my Tattoo for meagan.

it was my masterpiece.

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a sharp-shinned hawk soaring high over Pena Blanca Lake in AZ

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A portrait of a Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accepiter striatus). This one dropped in on out yard just at dusk today. One last look around. Unfortunately it was out of luck. All the little birds had gone to roost!

Thanx a lot, Tirzah!

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