Professional hawk watcher David Brown explains how to identify Cooper's Hawks and Sharpshinned Hawks. These two species are often seen by birders at hawk watches in the eastern USA.

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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:10 Basic Info
0:30 Shape comparison
0:56 Adult (underside)
1:28 Adult (upperside)
1:44 Juvenile (underside)
2:01 Juvenile (upperside)
2:13 Perched Cooper's Hawks
2:26 Perched Cooper's Hawk (back)
2:41 Perched Sharpshinned Hawk
2:49 Cooper's Hawk courtship flap
3:09 Sharpshinned Hawk Example #1
3:34 Sharpshinned Hawk Example #2
3:51 Cooper's Hawk Example #1
4:10 Cooper's Hawk Example #2
4:25 Northern Goshawk Example
5:00 Final thoughts
5:35 Outro

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