Re: Hawk chasing hawk

On Jun 22, 5:53 pm, Lanny Chambers <la...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>  Davej <galt...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > Usually when I see a hawk being chased in the air it is by an
> > unidentifiable small bird. Recently I saw what was perhaps a Red-Tail
> > being harassed by a Cooper's. Isn't the Cooper's the smaller hawk with
> > the long tail?
>
> It's the one I see most often. Females are roughly crow-sized, males
> jay-ized. The Coop probably had a nest nearby.
>
> We have a pair of Cooper's that work our backyard every few days. They
> keep the dove population under control, rarely taking anything else.
> It's pretty obvious when they're around: it gets REAL quiet except for
> robin and squirrel alarm calls, and any songbird caught in the open
> freezes in place.

I thought this webpage might help me identify the hawk but I guess
I'll have to try to take my own photo. This does not look quite
right...

http://www.virtualbirder.com/cgi-bin/vbirder-boilerPlate/BKWHIFP

The hawk I see always flies with the tail unspread and the tail looks
very long.