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Sharp-shinned hawk Photo by Don Baccus
Accipiter striatus

Hear the sharpie's call

AKA: Sharpie, chicken hawk, bird hawk, bullet hawk, little blue darter

SIZE: 10 to 14 inches

WINGSPAN: 20 to 27 inches

FLIGHT SPEED: 25 to 30 MPH

FEEDING HABITS: Eats mostly small birds, but has been known to attack birds even larger than itself. Occasionally eats small mammals, reptiles or insects.

IDENTIFICATION: Short rounded wings. Tail square or slightly forked on the end. Upperparts blue-grey and crown is same color as back. Underside is white, heavily cross-barred with reddish-brown.

				3 photos by Peter Lewis
5 photos by Andrew Pettit	2 photos by Wanda Earll	Close-ups