She said 99 birds had been sighted, most of them sharp-shinned hawks.
Sharp-shinned Hawk, birds that are sometimes referred to as "sharpies"
Cooper's hawk and sharp-shinned hawk were hunted to local extinction.
A sharp-shinned hawk is lured into the netting (4).
Many rare species inhabit the park, including sharp-shinned hawks, butternut trees, and native orchids.
These include the double-toothed kite, the white hawk and the sharp-shinned hawk.
Sharp-shinned Hawks will construct a stick nest in a large conifer or dense group of deciduous trees.
Around 10:30 a sharp-shinned hawk (all identifications are courtesy of the hawk-watchers) flew across the mountain not more than 20 feet overhead.
There are also Cooper's hawks and sharp-shinned hawks and two species of kestrels.
Migratory Sharp-shinned Hawks are one of the most numerous raptors recorded at "hawk watches" across the country.