Cooper's Hawk - Brian Tychie
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Date

Location

Ottawa--Remic Rapids Lookout
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Map
Map Coordinates: 45.4099961, -75.7445142
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified

Media notes

Cooper's Hawk distinguished from Sharp-shinned Hawk by the number of dark bands across the tail (3 rather than 4) and the rounded tail. Also, too big to be a Sharp-shinned (not obvious in photo) and too small to be Goshawk (also lacks bright white eyebrow of Goshawk)

Observation details

Flew past me at parking lot near Champlain Bridge and landed high in a tree. Photographed there. As I slowly walked closer, it flew further east along the river and landed high in another tree. When I got closer again, it flew low across the parkway to the edge of the Champlain Woods. I crossed the parkway and found it on a low branch on the edge of the woods. I got another photograph there before it flew, staying low, along the edge of the woods and then flew low out to the edge of the parkway and disappeared low flying east.

Technical information

Model
Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens
150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM | Sports 014
ISO
10000
Focal length
600 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire, auto
f-stop
f/14.0
Shutter speed
1/1600 sec
Dimensions
2438 pixels x 2104 pixels
Original file size
4.85 MB