Can you identify this hawk?

[dradius]

Saw this guy the other day and was wondering if anyone knows what exactly it is. Thanks. (This was taken on the Indiana/Kentucky border next to the Ohio River.)

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_X7sELH7VpzA/SS4CCQ-geGI/AAAAAAAAAFo/6r3X34K3wFY/s800/eagle.jpg

[Cutty]

i would have to guess a sparrow hawk. it is small!
cutty

[Cuffs]

coopers or sharp shinned.. .the main way to tell is the shape of the end of the tail... not easily seen here... check this site... http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/AboutBirdsandFeeding/accipiterIDtable.htm

[beeman]

Not a sharp shinned hawk. In your picture, the pants go down pretty close to it's feet. A sharp shinned hawk has long bare lower legs.

[le loupe]

coopers seem to have that speckled chest.

[Gorp-Gobbler]

Juvenile Red-tailed Hawks also have spotted breast feathers and they are quite common in the area where you were at.
A little lest common are the Red-Shouldered Hawks. The eastern juvenile has spotted breast feathers.
It's somewhat hard to tell without seeing the tail feathers better but the tail feathers appear to be short, unlike those on the Sharp-Shinned Hawk and Cooper's Hawk.

[dradius]

Wow, thanks for all the replies :) I'll check out the link Cuffs. I go to the area a lot so maybe I'll be able to get a better picture of it one day.

[Montana Mac]

Here is a link to pictures of the sparrow hawk


http://www.pbase.com/wes242/kestrels

[burger]

I think that it's a juvenile red-tailed hawk. The streaking on the breast is a little lighter than most red-taileds, but it really can't be anything else. And that species is common in the Midwest.

[nitewalker]

red tail

[aaroniguana]

Hudson. :D