Sharp-shinned Hawk
| Accipiter striatus | Order: Accipitriformes | Family: Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles, and Kites) |
Accipiter striatus
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles, and Kites)
Our smallest accipiter feeds almost exclusively on birds. It’s designed to snatch birds taken by surprise. On most September and October days at Hawk Ridge in Duluth, this is usually the most abundant raptor counted.
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Laura's Published Works
Radio Programs
- Exit, pursued by a Cooper's Hawk 2024
- Frigid Temperatures 2024
- Emergency Responders: Blue Jay Style 2024
- Looking for Spring in All the Wrong Places 2023
- October! 2022
- Hawk Ridge: Fifty Years and Counting! 2022
- Chickadee Day 2022: The Worst of Times 2022
- February! 2022
- Backyard Fun 2020
- Fall Migration Update 2020
- Return of the Pileated Woodpecker 2018
- Drama on Peabody Street 2018
- Transitions 2018
- Listener's Favorite Birds #2: Jim Baker's Blue Jay 2018
- Hawk Ridge Update 2017
- Hawk Ridge Update 2014
- Predation on Hummingbirds 2014
- This Cold Spring 2013
- Fall Warblers 2011
- A Perfect Day 2010
- Blue Jays of Fall 2010 2010
- Duluth Christmas Bird Count 2007 2007
- August Day at Hawk Ridge 2007
- Breeding Bird Survey 2007 2007
- Software Review: Photoshop Elements 2006
- Hawk Ridge, 2006 2006
- Migration Update, 2006 2006
- Hurricane Katrina: Letter from Nancy Newfield, Part II 2005
- Interview with Tim Gallagher: Part 4 2005
- This Winter 2005
- Downy Woodpecker 2004
- Cooper's Hawk Eye Color 2004
- Window Collisions 2004
- Optimism 2003
- Human and Avian Migrations 2003
- Counting Birds 2003
- Sharp-shinned Hawk 2003
- How to Become a Real Birder 2003
- Window Strikes, Part I 2002
- Blue Moon 2001
- Winter bird activity 2001
- Protective Gear 2000
- Laura's Quick Weight-Loss Plan: Migration! 2000
- The Miracle and Magic of Migration (Re-recorded from 1988) 2000
- My Uncle Dick 2000
- "Wise Use" movement 1999
- Blue Jay vs Sharp-shinned Hawk 1999
- Once in a Blue Moon: National Blue Jay Awareness Month 1999
- A Perfect Fall Day 1998
- Migration Update and Kestrels 1998
- Silly Bird Names 1998
- Protective Gear 1996
- Migration 1996
- Hawk Ridge Weekend 1996
- Hawk Ridge 1996
- Bird Brains 1996
- Owl Banding 1995
- Blue Jays vs. Hawks 1995
- Blue Jay Migration 1995
- Swainson's Thrush 1995
- Hawk Ridge 1995
- Hawk Ridge 1995
- Boreal Chickadee vs. Sharp-shinned Hawk 1993
- Walking to School 1993
- Sharp-shinned Hawk (Placeholder) 1993
- Hawk Counting 1992
- Hawk Ridge Assistants 1992
- Sharp-shinned Hawk (Placeholder) 1992
- Loon Eye Color 1991
- American Kestrel (DD) 1989
- Hawk Ridge Weekend 1989
- Hawk Ridge 1989
- Fall Migration Report 1989
- National Warbler Awareness Week: Magnolia Warbler 1989
- Migration Hazards 1989
- WHOA! Big Day at the Pumping Station 1988
- Fielding Questions at Hawk Ridge 1988
- Hawk Ridge Weekend 1988 1988
- Autumn Dawn 1988
- Western Birds Flying in on Westerly Winds 1988
- Migration Update 1988
- Autumn Ambivalence and the Death of Icarus the Crow 1988
- Ode to the Lakewood Pumping Station 1987
- Blue Jays 1987
- Hawk Ridge Weekend 1987, Part II 1987
- Hawk Ridge Weekend 1987 1987
- Migration Hazards 1987
- My chickadees and the hawk 1987
- Christmas Bird Count 1986 1986
- The Snowbird 1986
- Feeding in mid-autumn 1986
- Blue Jay Migration and Mark Twain's "Baker's Blue Jay Yarn" 1986
- Purple Finches (Original) 1986
- Sharp-shinned Hawks 1986
- Fall Migration Update 1986
- Silly Bird Names 1986
- Adobe Birds 1986