Is this a Hawk or a Falcon? What Kind of Bird is it?

[prfalconr]

This is a Broad-Winged Hawk. They are fairly common where I live here on the Oregon Coast.

[rkoorton1234]

coopers hawk hate the music

[jroth848]

(i.e. tail feathers) are significantly narrower than the black bands. On Broadwings, the black and white bands are of approximately the same width. Red-shouldereds also tend to have more striking black-and-white barring in their remiges (flight feathers of the wings). Finally, this bird is sitting on a wire. Most Broadwings I've seen have been deep in deciduous woods, though this may be a local phenomenon.

[jroth848]

It's definitely a Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus). The reddish-brownish barring on the breast limits it to an adult individual belonging to one of 4 possible species (in the United States, anyway): Sharp-shinned Hawk, Cooper's Hawk, Broad-winged Hawk, or the Red-shouldered Hawk. This bird's brown eyes automatically eliminated the first two, as accipiters never have brown eyes at any point in their lives. This cannot be a Broadwing either because the white bands on the rectrices

[MonteenMcCord]

Red-shouldered hawk...

[jogagosh]

Red-Shouldered Hawk 

[dumoulin11]

Hawk, not a falcon.

I'm thinking Braod-winged Hawk

[Airsoftman67]

tail is too short, id say its a broad inged hawk.

[CoastalPlainMlkSnake]

Cooper's Hawk! Cool music...Once Upon a Time in the West.

[LupineWolfwind]

i think you are right. Im looking on Wikipedia right now!

[malcolmpk88]

It may be a Sharp-shinned Hawk.