ID Tips: Cooper's Hawk vs. Sharp-shinned Hawk

It can be tough to tell if you're looking at a Cooper's Hawk or a Sharp-shinned Hawk. Learn how to differentiate these two species with all the major tips for adult and juvenile birds. Link to download the graphics: https://app.box.com/s/jwlvhg5ci84z0x0... Gear Links (As Amazon Associates we do earn from qualifying purchases) Panasonic LUMIX FZ80 4K Digital Camera Used for most bird videos) - check credits as we do source some photos/videos elsewhere which is noted in the description https://amzn.to/3GZl3Mu Cayer FP2450 Fluid Head Tripod, 75 inches Aluminium Tripod Derek's lighter tripod https://amzn.to/3suX5CK Andoer Video Tripod Aluminum Alloy 67 Inch Derek's heavier tripod https://amzn.to/3uRLTTk Nikon D5300 Derek's vlogging and macro camera https://amzn.to/3HF8jeh Rode VideoMicPro Compact Directional On-Camera Microphone Derek's external microphone for Nikon D5300 https://amzn.to/3oH8YnS Connect with us! https://badgerlandbirding.wordpress.com   / badgerlandbirding     / badgerlandbirding     / badgerlandbirding  \ Credit Photos at 0:14-0:25 and 0:41-54 by René Duclos Video from 1:09-1:17 by Robert Nunnally https://flic.kr/p/FWrvAL Dennis Murphy https://flic.kr/p/THz9Lo Cooper's Hawk in Flight at 2:32 by Fyn Kynd https://flic.kr/p/GuEUnc Cooper's Hawk at 3:15 by Alan Schmierer https://flic.kr/p/5FwHCT Sharp-shinned Hawk at 3:25 by Matthew Thompson Sharp-shinned Hawk at 4:10 by Shawn Taylor https://flic.kr/p/2cvX5KR Juvenile Cooper's Hawk in graphic by Becky Matsubara (Edited) https://flic.kr/p/NFahWB Juvenile Sharp-shinned Hawk in graphic by Sandra Uecker\USFWS (Public Domain) https://flic.kr/p/2n1Lfvf Juvenile Cooper's Hawk at 1:33 by Jim Kennedy https://flic.kr/p/qv56Ws Juvenile Sharp-shinned Hawk at 1:37 by Sjenson https://flic.kr/p/DAQRE9 Juvenile Sharp-shinned Hawk at 2:16 by Becky Matsubara https://flic.kr/p/SbQYyN Cooper's Hawk Adult used in graphic by PEHart (Edited) https://flic.kr/p/Dh7Aw4 Adult Cooper's Hawk used in graphic by Alan Schmierer (Edited) https://flic.kr/p/eiXW1E Juvenile Sharp-shinned Hawk at 2:35 in flight by Bettina Arrigoni https://flic.kr/p/xjC27w Merlin photo at 5:24 by Steve https://flic.kr/p/e99FNc Photo highlighting legs on Cooper's hawk by Mikes’ Birds https://flic.kr/p/Xpd2JL Photo highlighting Shap-shinned Hawk legs by Todd Petit https://flic.kr/p/2mLpCBm Thanks to Terry Sohl for allowing us to use his range maps https://www.sdakotabirds.com/index.ht... All other photos and videos by Derek and Ryan Sallmann #Birding #BirdWatching #BadgerlandBirding