tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6779042721321149692.post2436411725287820981..comments2022-11-12T04:38:20.487-08:00Comments on On the road: Which accipiter is this?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6779042721321149692.post-2667296240917063862014-07-21T09:53:36.893-07:002014-07-21T09:53:36.893-07:00jon - I find your post to be very informative. How...jon - I find your post to be very informative. However, zero of the photographs show clearly whether the hawk has a "waist". That area is the area from the ending of the body to the base of the tail. This area can be considered flat and white.In effect it makes the hawk appear sightly longer, more lanky. Northern goshawks do not have a waist, Coops and Sharpies do. Your one photo,with the wings cocked forward , which makes the head appear to be "hidden in the valley of the wrists" clearly shows the the hawk is not a Cooper's. Now from there we have to determine - is the hawk a Sharpie or a goshawk. So for me the next step is to examine the waist, or if the tail is completely folded, is the tail broad at the base and the broadness carried throughout the length of the tail- then it is a goshawk. If the tail tip is slightly wider at the tip it is Cooper's or Sharpie. The best- Nelson Briefer- my ebook "The man who saw too many goshawks" is available from www.smashwords .com.Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01957916161429073571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6779042721321149692.post-77908389087315173152009-04-04T04:10:00.000-07:002009-04-04T04:10:00.000-07:00Deffinitely a Gos!Deffinitely a Gos!Jeff Schultzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07323093773234158556noreply@blogger.com