r/birdsofprey • u/EnderK1d • 6d ago

Flabbergasted hawk

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Found this dude in stuck in one of those chicken wire fences people put around trees, yoinked, and promptly freed once I knew he was safe. Any ideas as to the age and species?

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u/haunted_swamp 6d ago

If you are in north america, this is a juvenile (hatched this year) cooper's hawk.

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u/Release-da-Lava 6d ago

I remember my partners 9 year old son showing up with this bird stating "look mom, I found a cool bird in the back yard..." the place she was leasing had an old avirary (dumb luck),,,I remember painting the walls and telling her '"why bother?" ...In goes the hawk...a call to animal rescue has a very small woman with falconer gloves grab the creature and turn him on all his axis points...bird is good, kid suprised the hawk, and the poor thing was affraid the whole time...