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 Gallery: Denny Granstrand's Wildlife Photos  Album: vultures, eagles, hawks, falcons    
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Immature Sharp-shinned Hawk in the walnut tree in my backyard in Yakima, WA. Note the full crop - it had evidently just finished lunch. February 2, 2004.
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Adult Sharp-shinned Hawk in the walnut tree in our backyard southwest of the Yakima, WA airport. November 7, 2004.
Viewed: 2874 times.
Immature Sharp-shinned Hawk perched on the pergola in our backyard on S. 47th Avenue, Yakima, WA. December 24, 2004.
Viewed: 2808 times.
Sharp-shinned Hawk perched in our backyard on S. 47th Ave., Yakima, WA. The bulging crop suggests it is resting after a meal. January 2, 2005.
Viewed: 2980 times.
Adult Sharp-shinned Hawk in the filbert trees along our driveway, as it was just finishing a meal. It still has ahold of its prey item, probably a junco. Nov. 15, 2006.
Viewed: 2630 times.
Immature Sharp-shinned Hawk in our neighbor's willow tree southwest of the Yakima, WA, airport. Nov. 6, 2008. Digiscoped.
Viewed: 2566 times.
Immature Sharp-shinned Hawk at the Yakima Area Arboretum, Yakima, WA. Belly is fairly lightly-marked for a Sharpie. Jan. 8, 2009. Digiscoped.
Viewed: 2296 times.
Immature Sharp-shinned Hawk on the bean trellis in our backyard southwest of the Yakima, WA, airport. Dec. 17, 2009. Digiscoped.
Viewed: 2328 times.
Sharp-shinned Hawk soaring over Desert Aire, Grant County, WA. February 1, 2013.
Viewed: 473 times.
Immature Sharp-shinned Hawk in the birdbath outside our kitchen window southwest of the Yakima, WA airport. Dec. 11, 2017.
Viewed: 1259 times.
Juvenile Sharp-shinned Hawk in our hazelnut trees after its bath. Dec. 11, 2017.
Viewed: 1299 times.
Sharp-shinned Hawk at the Yakima Area Arboretum, Yakima, WA. December 27, 2020.
Viewed: 653 times.
Immature Sharp-shinned Hawk soaring over Fort Simcoe State Park west of White Swan, Yakima County, WA. October 7, 2023.
Viewed: 117 times.
Sharp-shinned Hawk soaring over Sweetwater Wetlands in Tucson, Arizona. November 15, 2023.
Viewed: 105 times.
Immature Cooper's Hawk found on the Yakima Valley Christmas Bird Count near Moxee, WA. December 14, 2002.
Viewed: 2806 times.
Cooper's Hawk found on the Toppenish, WA, NWR Christmas Bird Count in Toppenish, WA. December 14, 2003.
Viewed: 2918 times.
Cooper's Hawk in a birch tree in Toppenish, WA, drying its wing and tail feathers during the Toppenish Christmas Bird Count. December 14, 2003.
Viewed: 3066 times.
Juvenile Cooper's Hawk on a fence post in our backyard southwest of the Yakima, WA, airport. Oct. 13, 2008. Digiscoped.
Viewed: 2432 times.
Cooper's Hawk (left) and Sharp-shinned Hawk soaring over our yard southwest of the Yakima, WA airport.. Note rounded tail on Cooper's Hawk and square tail on Sharp-shinned. Cooper's Hawk's head also extends farther from wings and appears much larger in soaring silhouette. October 22, 2005.
Viewed: 447 times.
Immature Cooper's Hawk at Wenas Lake, Yakima County, WA. Sept. 19, 2010. Digiscoped.
Viewed: 2156 times.
Adult Cooper's Hawk at the Alps Mobile Home Park southeast of Yakima, WA, during the Yakima Valley CBC. Dec. 18, 2011. Digiscoped.
Viewed: 2101 times.
Cooper's Hawk on the power pole in our backyard southwest of the Yakima, WA airport. Oct. 24, 2012.
Viewed: 2104 times.
Immature Cooper's Hawk in our neighbor's willow tree southwest of the Yakima, WA, airport. Sept. 22, 2015. Digiscoped.
Viewed: 1711 times.
Immature Cooper's Hawk on the power pole in our backyard southwest of the Yakima, WA, airport. Nov. 7, 2015.
Viewed: 1763 times.
Cooper's Hawk cruizing by just west of Anzalduas County Park south of Mission, Texas. Feb. 6, 2008.
Viewed: 3036 times.
Cooper's Hawk in La CaƱada wash near the Oro Valley Country Club in Oro Valley, AZ. Jan. 22, 2018.
Viewed: 1238 times.
Cooper's Hawk with a Desert Spiny Lizard in its talons at the Tucson Botanical Garden, Tucson, AZ. The lizard's tail is visible hanging below the hawk's tail. January. 19, 2019.
Viewed: 1075 times.
A close-up of the Desert Spiny Lizard that was caught by the Cooper's Hawk at the Tucson Botanical Garden, Tucson, AZ. January 19, 2019.
Viewed: 1090 times.
Cooper's Hawk at the Yakima Area Arboretum in Yakima, WA. November 5, 2019.
Viewed: 902 times.
Cooper's Hawk in Veterans Memorial Park in Cedar Park, TX. January 18, 2020.
Viewed: 830 times.
Cooper's Hawk in the birch tree in ourneighbor's yard southwest of the Yakima, WA airport. December 26, 2020
Viewed: 634 times.
Something riled up the immature Cooper's Hawk in our yard southwest of the Yakima, WA airport. It flew from the pole, circled over my head, then landed on the powerline forty feet away from me. September 17, 2021.
Viewed: 525 times.
Immature Cooper's Hawk on the powerline to our house southwest of the Yakima, WA airport. October 26, 2021.
Viewed: 509 times.
Cooper's Hawk in The Highlands Mobile Home Park in Oro Valley, Arizona. December 5, 2021.
Viewed: 484 times.
Immature Cooper's Hawk on the railing of the deck in front of one of the houses in The Highlands Mobile Home Park in Oro Valley, Arizona. It was keeping a close eye on the bird feeder. February 2, 2022.
Viewed: 440 times.
Cooper's Hawk at Canoa Ranch Conservation Park in Green Valley, Arizona. January 14, 2023.
Viewed: 240 times.
Cooper's Hawk in the Ringtail Loop Campground in Catalina State Park, Oro Valley, Arizona. February 9, 2023.
Viewed: 213 times.
Cooper's Hawk cooling off in a wet area in Reid Park, Tucson, Arizona. March 8, 2023.
Viewed: 216 times.
Immature Cooper's Hawk soaring over Reid Park in Tucson, Arizona. It was soaring quite high, which made photographing it more difficult. March 8, 2023.
Viewed: 196 times.
Immature Cooper's Hawk at Sweetwater Wetlands in Tucson, Arizona. January 1, 2023.
Viewed: 64 times.
Cooper's Hawk eating what appears to be a squirrel at Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson, Arizona. February 26, 2024.
Viewed: 44 times.
Two Cooper's Hawks in avian combat in the skies over Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson, Arizona. March 3, 2024.
Viewed: 43 times.
Cooper's Hawk flying over Christopher Columbus Park in Tucson, Arizona. March 19, 2024.
Viewed: 3 times.
Juvenile Northern Goshawk flying over Timberwolf Mt. in Yakima County, WA. September 15, 2007.
Viewed: 52 times.
Another shot of the Juvenile Northern Goshawk gliding past Timberwolf Mt., Yakima County, WA. September 15, 2007.
Viewed: 51 times.
Immature Northern Goshawk found on the north side of Toppenish Ridge on the Toppenish NWR Christmas Bird count. Brian Wheeler, author of several fine books on raptors of North America, said the field marks to look for are the thin, white edges along some of the dark tail bands and the extensive pale mottling on the body. Dec. 16, 2007. Digiscoped.
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