TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

Sharp-shinned Hawk Close-up Sharp-shinned Hawk-Accipiter striatus Sharp-shinned Hawk-Accipiter striatus, Order FALCONIFORMES - Family ACCIPITRIDAE - Subfamily Accipitrinae. While driving through Hueston Woods State Park, I came across this beautiful Sharp-shinned Hawk. Since it was so cooperative, I took many photos, some of which are here. (Photo: May 6, 2004, Hueston Woods, Canon 10D, EF 400mm f/5.6L USM) "A small hawk, the Sharp-shinned Hawk is a regular visitor to bird feeders, where it eats birds, not seed. The male and female show a greater disparity in size than any other American hawk; the female is nearly twice the weight of the male." For More Species Info: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Sharp-shinned_Hawk_dtl.html

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Photos Copyright R. Hays Cummins. Authorization required. For permission, contact bigbendwildlands@gmail.com

Sources of species identification and other amazing info include (1) Cornell Lab of Ornithology--a fantastic site; (2)Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Peterson Field Guide Series, Fifth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company; (3) The National Audubon Society's Sibley Guide to Birds and (4) Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Third Edition, National Geographic, Washington, D.C.