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Recent Examples on the Web There was a Cooper’s hawk and then a sharp-shinned hawk, each appearing to contemplate their trajectory or considering a mouse meal on the ground. — Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Oct. 2021 While broad-wings are the big show, other species commonly seen during the fall migrations include falcons, sharp-shinned hawks, American kestrels, ospreys, and northern harriers. — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Oct. 2019 The sharp-shinned hawk is one of more than a dozen raptor species that fly south for the winter. — Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2019 Officials have spotted deer, coyote and a nest of sharp-shinned hawks, which is listed as a species of concern in Ohio, but nothing truly remarkable for the region. — Grant Segall, cleveland, 13 Oct. 2019 Carey said that during October more sharp-shinned hawks, Cooper’s hawks, red-tailed hawks, turkey vultures, ospreys, northern harriers, bald eagles, and various species of falcons, such as peregrines, merlins, and kestrels, can be seen migrating. — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Oct. 2019 Get your binoculars and explore the island's shorelines, prairies and waterways to see non-native birds like the sandhill crane, sharp-shinned hawk and Mississippi kite. — Galveston Island Convention & Visitors Bureau, Houston Chronicle, 20 Sep. 2019 Birders should also expect to see arriving winter raptors like ferruginous hawks, sharp-shinned hawks and merlin. — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2019 All accipiters, including the sharp-shinned hawk, and its close relative the Cooper’s hawk, have distinctive flight patterns that are useful in identifying them, even at a distance. — Dave Taft, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2017 See More

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