Sharp-Shinned Hawk

Carving courtesy of Lorraine Sloat Fletcher

Courtesy of Harry B. Barrett

Accipiter striatus

Call

Fairly common in open woodlands. It has a long narrow square cut tail. The smallest accipiter will take on and catch a pigeon in flight. Similar to the Cooper's Hawk in many ways, except for it's smaller size, including it's call of 15-20 cackling notes.

Michael Leach/Oxford Scientific FilmsLibrary of Natural Sounds, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. All rights reserved.

"Sharpshinned Hawk," Microsoft(R) Encarta(R) 96 Encyclopedia. (c) 1993-1995 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

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