Juvenile Cooper’s, I’m gonna WAG female.
Just now independent, learning the ropes, about 1 in 3 make it through the first year.
Not a sharp-shinned?
When I first walked outside to see what was going on and something flew by after the quail, that was my first thought. But, seeing it on the truck 10-12 feet away I could tell it was too large for a sharp shinned. Seems the barring pattern on the chest is different in the two species' juveniles, and this one more closely fit the Cooper's version
Mike, when we looked in Sibley's I figured it was a youngster. I wasn't guessing its gender or pronouns in today's world. And yeah, with all them quail in the yard and no success, it better get to learning how to hunt soon, or it's going to be one of your "1 in 3 " statistical losers.
