Trabic@lemm.ee to birding@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoCooper's or Sharp-shinned?i.imgur.comimagemessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up165arrow-down1imageCooper's or Sharp-shinned?i.imgur.comTrabic@lemm.ee to birding@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareIdontevenknowanymore@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoBecause of how it is.
minus-squareproudblond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoI agree: big head, rounded tail feathers. But it’s just a guess. Even Audubon says it can be a toss up. In my neighborhood, I always default to Cooper’s. One of the things I look for is the angry eyebrow.
minus-squareTrabic@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoMerlin says Sharpie is more likely here, but I agree that the head looks much more Cooper-y. But he didn’t have the grey back I associate with Cooper’s, and seemed too big for a juvenile. Either way I love those chest bars.
Coopers
Why?
Because of how it is.
I agree: big head, rounded tail feathers. But it’s just a guess. Even Audubon says it can be a toss up.
In my neighborhood, I always default to Cooper’s. One of the things I look for is the angry eyebrow.
Merlin says Sharpie is more likely here, but I agree that the head looks much more Cooper-y. But he didn’t have the grey back I associate with Cooper’s, and seemed too big for a juvenile.
Either way I love those chest bars.