This juvenile Cooper's Hawk was looking for a bite, or two, to eat at the City Park pond in Pueblo, CO. Clearly different appearing from the adult Cooper's I posted earlier, this juvenile is an example of the 'heavily streaked type' described by Brian Wheeler in Raptors of Western North America which is "much more heavily densely and heavily streaked than on typical juveniles."
Dark brown streaks are visible over the breast and belly with some brown markings on lower belly and flanks that look diamond shaped and even some that look like they are heart shaped. And there are dark brown markings on it's leg feathers but I can't discern their shape (could be heart or diamond shaped or bars per Wheeler). More pics to come. SeEtta
Another Cooper's but this time an urban hawk
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