# What's this hawk?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-hawk/335110>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 11, 2005, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-hawk/335110 "2005-12-11T06:07:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Godfrey\_Daniels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Godfrey\_Daniels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Godfrey_Daniels)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-hawk/335110/21 "2005-12-12T17:51:24Z")

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The SD/Dopers are amazing. During a recent outing, my g/f and I spotted a hawk just like the one in the pictures, sitting on a branch preening, not 20 ft. from us. After checking with the Audobon folks, we were able to determine that it was either (a) Sharp-Shinned juvenile or (b) Cooper’s juvy. 😃

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