ML642847049

Observation details

Raptor with gray cheeks and head, dark beak with about 1/3 being yellowish (I was pretty sure it was the distal 1/3rd, but I had trouble seeing it for the limited time I glanced at it through my bins, so that impression was not wholly inconsistent with a Cooper's whereas having some yellow is consistent), dark gray back, whitish chin down to belly with tawny streaks. Flattish head appearance, possibly due to a Cooper's "crest" above the nape. Long tail, dark eyes. I spied it perched atop the southern-side Macy's entrance. Shortly after I drove up and took some phone camera pics, it attacked some starlings, but with no success. Then it reperched around on the west side, so I drove around to there. It then chased after more starlings unsuccessfully, while it ignored the 50 or so starlings lined up on the power and/or phone lines. The Cooper's Hawk landed again, but over the closed Sears section, where I took a second set of pics. After letting me take a couple of photos, it flew away.