I was shocked this hawk let me get so close to take these pics. He pretty much ignored me and scanned the creek bed.

Nikon underwater travel camera on digital zoom so not the sharpest shots.

This is an accipiter hawk, breed unsure. It attacked and grabbed something or other and flew upstream to eat, I guess. Too fast and sudden a swoop to take a pic for sure.

Taken at the refurbished old Ice House bridge in Roseville. Cooper’s hawk or Sharpshin hawk, they look so similar. I’m going with a Coop rather than a sharpie based on size and that Cooper’s hawks are more common.

They say if it’s Robin size then more likely to be a sharpshin- crow sized then probably a Cooper’s hawk. Usually. But, oddly, both types have slightly bigger females so they’re hard to ID. Something something eyes forward on one and centered on the other. Subtle.

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