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	Hawks can be a challenge to any birder. Send your identification of this species along with your reasons to infoa@birdzilla.com. If we select your comments and identification you'll receive a free copy of either the Peterson Eastern or Western field guide. I believe the bird is an immature sharp-shinned hawk. The stream line body tells me that this is an accipiter not a buteo. The hawk has a small rounded head not a flat top which eliminates a Cooper's hawk. There is no distinct white eyebrow and the overall "dainty appearance of the hawk eliminates northern goshawk. The bill appears to have a "dainty" appearance in relation to the head. The vertical dark streaks lead down to rufus leg feathers which you find more on sharp-shins than other accipiters. S. S. Minneapolis, MN