Bird identification, what kind of hawk is this?

[Omaha Steve]

It showed up at our bird baths about 10 minutes ago.

[stonecutter357]

1. looks like a Savanna hawk .

[MoonchildCA]

3. It's either a Cooper's or Sharp-shinned hawk.

They are pretty similar, but you can look up the differences to see if you can tell which.

[SheltieLover]

4. It is gorgeous!

Ty for sharing pix. Sorry, clueless here.

[2naSalit]

5. Sharp - shinned Hawk.

They hunt smaller birds and, I think, small rodents.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Cooper's hawk.

They are common in cities and like to lurk around bird feeders. I saw one pick a cardinal off my bird feeder last fall. https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Coopers_Hawk/id

[Newest Reality]

7. It looks like...

A poll may be needed.

[5X]

8. Cooper's has my vote, could be a juvenile, right time of year.

[mitch96]

16. Yup, maybe a juvenile. We have Coopers in my neighborhood and they don't look like that.

From All about Birds:
A medium-sized hawk with the classic accipiter shape: broad, rounded wings and a very long tail. In Cooper’s Hawks, the head often appears large, the shoulders broad, and the tail rounded.
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[HotTeaBag]

9. Dunno, but if it showed up in our yard I'd throw a hockey puck at it.

I hate all manner of flying predators - they have too much of an advantage.

I side with the cute furry things they kill.

[Trailrider1951]

14. Sorry, but I object to your reaction

I love most cute furry things, but that little birdie is welcome to come get any or all of the moles that make a mess of my yard.

[HotTeaBag]

15. Objection noted, and accepted.

I am admittedly different from most folks when it comes to falcons and the like.

...and sickened by the sounds of it's prey being ripped apart, but whatever floats your boat.

[Trailrider1951]

17. Well, yeah, that's what predators do

Better birdie gets a meal or two, than I try something like this:

[Trailrider1951]

18. Sorry, double post

DU had a glitch.

[jrandom421]

20. Falcons/Hawks are going to do what they need to do to survive

It's in their nature to hunt what we call cute furry things to eaT. That's how they evolved over time. Mother Nature and evolution laugh at your bias.

[Baked Potato]

10. Young Coopers...

[WheelWalker]

11. Cooper's.

aka "Chicken Hawk". Could be Sharp-shinned, but images not definitive. Cooper's most likely based on what we can see.

[MissB]

21. Yep. Well named

A juvenile tried to take out one of my hens a few years ago. Stunned and injured the hen but she survived. I was inside the house and heard the ruckus and my arrival outside was enough to scare the Cooper’s hawk away. They are too small to carry a hen away so their tactic appears to be attack and eat in place.

That hen is friendlier since the attack. She was skitterish before but became quite accepting of me when I nursed her back from the injuries inflicted on her. I don’t think she sees too well and her comb is oddly floppy where the hawk attacked her, but she hangs out a lot closer to me than she used to.

[yonder]

12. Coopers, pretty darn sure.

[Docreed2003]

13. Coopers

As other have said. That's a pretty classic Cooper's hawk.

[Skittles]

19. sparrow hawk?

[SharonClark]

22. Is there anything in that canoe he's standing on?

[Omaha Steve]

23. Just fresh water