Raptor Wednesday

All the birds at the Dell Water bird feeder scattered as this adult Sharp-shinned Hawk/Accipiter striatus zoomed in low to the ground.

It was unsuccessful sortie. No lunch. She (didn’t seem small enough for a male) circled neighboring Crescent Water for a bit before flying off.

Almost a half hour later, as I approached another bird feeder, this one above Sylvan Water, I saw the birds scatter. Coopers Hawk/Astur cooperii this time.

Also empty-taloned.

(In case you missed it, the latest taxonomic revisions moved Coopers and Goshawk out of genus Accipter and into Astur.)