Cooper's Hawk - Hank Taliaferro
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Location

Campbell Road Entrance Area, Albuquerque US-NM (35.1236,-106.6868)
Bernalillo, New Mexico, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Map
Map Coordinates: 35.123632, -106.686835
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified

Observation details

I looked up at very end and saw largish accipiter type, soaring overhead, immediately felt something seemed off about this bird for Cooper's Hawk and grabbed camera and started to take several shots. Of note, bird had very large protruding head, fairly prominent rounded chest, heavy streaking on breast, tail spread apart, appeared to have wavy markings in it but was missing several feathers. After further review, I'm leaning towards Cooper's Hawk but open to feedback.

Technical information

Model
Canon EOS REBEL SL1
ISO
320
Flash
Flash did not fire
Dimensions
2036 pixels x 1357 pixels
Original file size
288.11 KB