Hawk/Bird of Prey ID

[Tony Pic]

Does anyone know what kind of Hawk this is? Coopers?
Was just sitting at my desk and a flash of feathers came by my office window. It looked like a Hawk that just took out another bird. This was the best pic I could get before it spooked. Trying to load a video but the Green screen says it too big. Only 5 seconds and its too big?

[IowaHunter]

I’d guess Coopers. They hammer the doves in my yard.

[Landrover]

Love birds of prey!!!

[IowaHunter]

Neighborhood pond had a big fish kill. Upwards of forty buzzards and a few caracaras. Never seen the caracara here before.

[Tony Pic]

Neighborhood pond had a big fish kill. Upwards of forty buzzards and a few caracaras. Never seen the caracara here before.

Probably undocumented Carcaras

[Greenheadless]

Guessing Sharp Shinned.

They are know bird feeder hunters. I have them hunting mine daily.

[Tony Pic]

Guessing Sharp Shinned.

They are know bird feeder hunters. I have them hunting mine daily.

Yup...That is what it was. Thank you!
I put Milo and Millet in my deer feeder and I get a plethora of birds at my deer feeder. I have water out also. Not sure what the Hawk killed but my front porch is covered with feathers. The dead bird looks like one of the HEB parking lot birds that eat the bugs off your truck grille.

[Big pig]

. . . The dead bird looks like one of the HEB parking lot birds that eat the bugs off your truck grille.

If a hawk eats a grackle they must be hungry !
easier to catch than doves I guess !
i’m fascinated by birds of prey, but caracaras are not my favorite.
one step up from a buzzard.

[Bill M]

Judging from the size, I was thinking Sharp-shinned but Cooper's are bird hunters/eaters as well. It appears from the black feathers, grackle. I have so many birds at water and feeders that I'm seeing sharp-shinned fairly regularly. I have had Cooper's as well. Merlin's will also eat birds. They will eat any bird they can catch.

Below, Sharp-shinned, Cooper's, and a Merlin with a swallow.

[Tony Pic]

Judging from the size, I was thinking Sharp-shinned but Cooper's are bird hunters/eaters as well. It appears from the black feathers, grackle. I have so many birds at water and feeders that I'm seeing sharp-shinned fairly regularly. I have had Cooper's as well. Merlin's will also eat birds. They will eat any bird they can catch.

Below, Sharp-shinned, Cooper's, and a Merlin with a swallow.

Thank you for such great info. The Coopers beak looks a little more hooked and a bit larger.