The Cooper’s Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) and Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) are woodland hawks with shorter wings adapted for maneuvering through forests. The Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius ...

As their name suggests, sharp-shinned hawks have very slender legs and wings for navigating dense forests. They remind us to look beyond limiting beliefs and recognize the gifts in ourselves and ...

One of the smallest raptors, the sharp-shinned hawk is a highly skilled predator that can be seen terrorizing sparrows and other small birds throughout the Helena Valley.

The subtle art of distinguishing Cooper’s and sharp-shinned hawks is beyond the scope of this column, but some broadly shared characteristics of the two local Accipiter hawks can be mentioned here.

And in the middle of that statement during our interview, he grabs his binoculars, looking upward, "There's another sharp-shinned hawk out in front of us going to the left just, kind of decently ...

A blue jay (top left) and an immature sharp-shinned hawk (bottom right) take flight from an Eastern cottonwood during an ongoing feud that was amusing to observe.

This bird, a juvenile Sharp-shinned Hawk, sat in peaceful repose, seemingly oblivious to the intense scoldings of the chickadees and nuthatches, who were agitatedly calling while hopping around within ...

A sharp-shinned hawk could represent a threat to a fledgling jay, so the general attitude of all jays is one of aggression and intolerance of the hawks.

The sharp-shinned hawk, commonly called a sharpie, is a small hawk with a big attitude.

Photo Rick Lewis. And speaking of crows, keep your eyes peeled, as crows often mob Cooper’s hawks, which can reveal the location of the hawk and provide a good opportunity for size comparison. Don’t ...

A Sharp-shinned hawk is one of nature’s speed machines, a fast and very agile flyer that can pursue small birds through thick forested stands of trees. It likes to ambush its prey from cover, or ...