[Filthy_McNasty]

Cooper's Hawk? Red Tailed Hawk? Peregrine Falcon?

It was circling overhead, then quickly sped away and dive-bombed something on the ground! Pretty cool

 

[Admiral Nelson]

Hard to be sure, I say a female Coopers Hawk due to the dark, narrow tail bottom. Did you get him with a shotgun or a rifle? :

 

[infinityshock]

shoot pew-pew or shoot clik-clik?

 

[Dwind]

shoot pew-pew or shoot clik-clik?

you don't see it on the ground do you.

kind of narrows it down.

 

[BruceA]

Hard to tell . But i think you can rule out a Falcon. I think the wings look too broad for a Falcon.

 

[Filthy_McNasty]

I shot the critter with a Canon

 

[Lionsden]

I think the admiral pegged it. And at first glance, I was wondering, camera or gun? LOL

 

[HappyHunter]

I myself wouldnt be posting things you've shoot, that your not sure about, due to it can be something you cant shoot and have the greenies up your butt in a second, plus be in trouble possible.

or your talking about carema shot? if so, dis-regard what i stated above, haha.

 

[Filthy_McNasty]

I myself wouldnt be posting things you've shoot, that your not sure about, due to it can be something you cant shoot and have the greenies up your butt in a second, plus be in trouble possible.

or you're talking about camera shot? if so, disregard what i stated above, haha.

I shot the critter with a Canon

Canons are generally associated with cameras..

 

[vicdotcom]

Hard to be sure, I say a female Coopers Hawk due to the dark, narrow tail bottom. Did you get him with a shotgun or a rifle? :

I don't know, Coopers have a banded tail usually... Even with the fuzzy shot, it doesn't look banded to me.

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/coopers_hawk/id

 

[pocomoonskyeyes]

Just guessing because it's hard to tell scale, But I'd say a sharp shinned Hawk or Coopers hawk.....
Sharp Shinned Hawk.....

Coopers Hawk.....

Definitely not a Red Tailed Hawk.

 

[Filthy_McNasty]

So... Y'all think it's a Coopers Hawk?

 

[labotomi]

Cooper's Hawk? Red Tailed Hawk? Peregrine Falcon?

It was circling overhead, then quickly sped away and dive-bombed something on the ground! Pretty cool

Not natural. Prolly a UAV operated by a secret government agency. Having spotted one, you should bug out immediately for your safety.

 

[Uncle Bob]

Canons are generally associated with cameras..

Not at my house.

Looks like a red tail hawk.
I had two that would fly formation behind a 99" wingspan RC motorglider a couple years ago.

 

[dvdranes]

I agree with Uncle Bob. Looks like the Red Tails in my area.

Dave

 

[Montan16]

Shape is that of a Cooper's and Goshawk (Praire Falcon or Kestrel are close in shape also but certainly not Redtail/Rough-legged/etc.). Looks to be a Cooper's.

 

[Filthy_McNasty]

The wings and tail have a unique, defined shape

Not natural. Prolly a UAV operated by a secret government agency. Having spotted one, you should bug out immediately for your safety.

I think labotomi might be right!

 

[Creek Walker]

Not natural. Prolly a UAV operated by a secret government agency. Having spotted one, you should bug out immediately for your safety.

Wrong Bird: :

Great Horned Owl Program

In a recent announcement, the agency outlines its new Great Horned Owl Program, which aims to develop technologies and systems for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as noiseless as their namesake. They’re not the first to look to the owl for wisdom. NASA has also been investigating owls’ silent flight for potential applications in the development of quiet aircraft (apparently it’s all in the feathers.)

 

[labotomi]

Wrong Bird: :

Great Horned Owl Program

So it's spying on me in addition to keeping me up at night?

BRB. Gonna kill a protected species. :

 

[Filthy_McNasty]

Alright, c'mon.. It's not a jimmykeller conspiracy spy drone for the CIA.. LoL.. the general consensus seems to be split between a coopers hawk and red-tail hawk. Anybody else? The wings have a very unique shape to them