On Fri, 18 May 2007 10:18:41 -0700, "Padraig" wrote:

I know I've got a pair of Red Shouldered Hawks in the neighborhood. I've
seen them in full daylight and even posted a pretty good shot of one here a
few months back.

This morning this hawk landed on my back fence in the gloom of early morning
and about all I really had was a silhouette, but somehow it does not look
quite right for an RSH.

Any thoughts?

Approximate length from top of head to tail is 17-1/2" to 19".

It's definitely a Sharp-shinned Hawk. Not a Red-shouldered, not a
Peregrine, not anything else.