Use expert tips and a helpful chart to improve your hawk identification skills. Plus, learn about the common types of hawks ...

Head usually buffy, eyes pale yellow ... and has relatively shorter tail and longer wings. Sharp-shinned hawk is smaller and has a square tail. Widespread through United States and southern ...

However, thankfully, there are a few ways to tell the difference between Cooper’s hawk and the sharp-shinned hawk. First, Cooper’s hawk is larger. Their head is wider with smaller features.

Driving on Vermont’s Interstate highways in winter, I often notice large hawks perched in trees on woodland edges at regular ...