What bird is this?

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That's my old mate Percy that left me his collection of pint jars from the '60's.

@mybirdcards I don’t know the name but I see them a lot.

@mybirdcards

Is it a Little Sparrowhawk?

@pokypinkdog According to Wikipedia vagrants are only occasionally spotted in Texas, so we suspect yours might be a relative. Possibly the Broad-winged?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broad-winged_hawk?wprov=sfla1

@mybirdcards actually I think they are probably Red Tailed or Coopers Hawks after reading the description

@pokypinkdog According to Wikipedia vagrants are only occasionally spotted in Texas, so we suspect yours might be a relative. Possibly the Broad-winged?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broad-winged_hawk?wprov=sfla1

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Last guess ... Roadside hawk? Only I thought they were considered smallish birds of prey.

I give up after that

@Lorraine Thanks, Lorraine. Spot on! We've updated the file to read "A relatively small bird of prey.." This brings it in agreement with its Wiki description. Something we usually check before posting ️🦜

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*faints dead away at getting something right*

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@mybirdcards It's an accipiter, almost definitely. Looks a bit like a juvenile Sharp-Shinned or Cooper's hawk but the head and feet look off.
The only other accipiter I know is the European sparrowhawk. But those are grey.

@flipper It's not in genus Accipiter, but does belong to the family Accipitridae. More precisely, it belongs to the subfamily Buteoninae

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buteoninae?wprov=sfla1

@mybirdcards ok, so my new guess is a Roadside Hawk, after reading that link.

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