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Sarasota News Leader May 10, 2013 Page 89 ity? I certainly had. So, let us just ignore that it: The branch cuts off the view of its tail and helpful information! a photo of an immature hawk's tail is a very Again, you are back to a choice between the important clue to identification. So it is back Red-shouldered or Cooper's, and there is only to the frog pond to get a pic of "Hawk's" tail. one way to truly find out which it is ... 5) Ask Otus! Otus then asks a Sarasota Audubon Society member and emails that person a photo of "Hawk" sitting on a branch. It is a lovely photo. There is just one problem with Success at last! The identification was arrived at after the following analyses: "The tail although it appears longish, doesn't seem to be as long as Cooper's. The distance between the end of the wings and the tail is relatively short.