Cooper's Hawk

Hawk 2
Originally uploaded by paynehollow

I think.

This hawk looks (to me) a good bit like the Red-Tailed Hawk (at least from this angle) and I'm told it looks pretty similar to the slightly smaller Sharp-Shinned Hawk.

This particular hawk very nearly flew through the window at our house, lifting up just before crashing into it. He still smacked into it, but as he was slowing down and lifting up.

He looked a bit dazed and stopped to rest a moment in the Maple tree in our backyard.

Let that be a lesson to you...