What Bird Is That Forum

Photos, video, and/or audio taken on day of posting in the Dallas, Tx area.

looks like a sharpie to me

cooldood wrote: Thu Apr 30, 2026 10:51 am looks like a sharpie to me

That would be a new species for us. Not necessarily a welcome one.

Any other opinion about Cooper's vs Sharp-shinned?

Greyhawk wrote: Thu Apr 30, 2026 6:13 pm That would be a new species for us. Not necessarily a welcome one.

Any other opinion about Cooper's vs Sharp-shinned?

Last photo shows a flattened head, and the dark cap appears to stop without extending down the name of the neck. I realize size is tough enough to judge in the field, much less from photos with indeterminant spatial relations, but this bird 'feels' large to me compared to the deck framing in the first shot.

Cooper's for me.

Presumably the same individual back today:

That looks more like a Coopers

It's a Cooper's.