[Maine-birds] Re: hawk in our yard today (Bar Harbor 27 Jan.)

Since body length of sharpies is about the same as a blue jay I asked Carol if she had other observations of the relative size of the predator and prey.  In the two pics we do see, the predator looks significantly larger than the jay but perhaps I am only seeing small jay body parts.

On Friday, January 27, 2017 at 10:20:17 PM UTC-5, Carol in Town Hill wrote:

Cathie Murray has raised the question that this bird may not be a Sharp-shinned but rather a Coopers Hawk. I am copying here my response and any comment is welcome.

We were at first thinking this was the same bird we saw 10 days ago but that is not necessarily the case. It looked like a female hawk and it is true that it was a pretty big bird. I was making my identification based on the facial pattern, white supercilium and bright yellow lores and comparing them to the Crossley ID Guide/Eastern Birds. I think I will ask the group for more opinions. 

    Thanks!  Carol

the photos are at www.acadiabirds.wordpress.com

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