and a sharp-shinned hawk looks like a “flying capital T” (a small head). A Northern harrier bird has a very distinguishable, and commonly seen from the field, white rump patch. It’s large ...

Sharp-shinned hawk is smaller and has a square tail ... Breeding: nests in a variety of forest types, preying on small- to medium-size birds and small mammals, hunting from perches under the ...

Cooper’s and sharp-shinned hawks. You don’t need to go far to find the fierce and untamed. Jack Gedney’s On the Wing runs every other Monday. He is a co-owner of Wild Birds Unlimited in ...

Almost every day since August, a handful of bird-loving volunteers with the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory trekked up to Hawk Hill, a scenic overview in the Marin Headlands, to record raptor sightings ...