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Sharp-shinned Hawk
Sharp-shinned Hawk preys on Northern Cardinal in Stow
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March 10, 2012 
Steve from Stow photographed a sharp-shinned hawk preying on a northern cardinal in his Stow backyard.
Sharp-shinned Hawk in Hudson
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December 7, 2011 
Pat O'Kane photographed this sharp-shinned hawk in his yard in Hudson.
Read More Hawk in Maynard
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December 15, 2010 
Paul Doucette photographed this hawk in Maynard. Is it a cooper's hawk or a sharp-shinned hawk? Let us know what you think. Here's a good description of the two birds.
Read More Birds at Lyons-Cutler Reservation in Sudbury
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May 2, 2009 Don Chauls reports seeing twelve active great blue heron nests with one baby visible, a sharp-shinned hawk, green-winged teal, and lots of marsh marigolds blooming at Lyons-Cutler Reservation in Sudbury.
Read More Sharp-shinned Hawk preys on European Starling in Framingham
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January 18, 2009 Joan Chasan photographed these images of a sharp-shinned hawk preying on a European starling in Framingham.
Sharp-shinned Hawk
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November 8, 2005 Dan Foster photographed this Sharp-shinned Hawk near Kirkland Drive in Stow (click on an image for a larger view).
Sharp-shinned Hawk
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February 23, 2005 Dan Foster photographed this Sharp-shinned Hawk near his home in Stow (click on image for a larger view).
Sharp-shinned Hawk
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December 31, 2004 Dan Foster photographed this Sharp-shinned Hawk as it watched a flock of Mourning Doves at a bird feeder. Dan said the hawk '''dove at them moments later, plunging right into a young white pine before flying away without a meal.'''
