Dave wrote: Hi Jim, Here are some pictures of a small immature male Sharp-shinned Hawk at and around my bird feeders. Sharpies are a member of a family of hawks called accipiters. They are bird hunting hawks. They have short rounded wings and long tails built for manuvering in the forest. In the raptor clan the females are larger than the males. As this bird matures it’s back will be blue gray and the underparts will have horizontal orangish stripes. If you look at the forward facing pictures you will see the very skinny legs leading them to be called sharp shinned. Dave
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