What kind of Hawks are found in the Bay Area, CA?

Question

I live in Vallejo, CA and every time I drive 780 towards Benicia, I see two hawks, kickin it on the telephone wires. I see them so frequently I've named them Scrawk and Betty. I know other people must see them, too. Any ideas what kind of hawks they are?

Answer 1

The most common ones found in your area would be:

Red-tailed Hawk

Cooper's Hawk

Red-shouldered Hawk

Answer 2

There are a number of kinds of hawk they could be - Try describing them.

Answer 3

Cooper's Hawk http://www.delta.dfg.ca.gov/gallery/coop...

Swainson's Hawk http://www.delta.dfg.ca.gov/gallery/swai...

if not, try one of these sites

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Cal...

http://www.whatbird.com/browse/objs/All/...

http://identify.whatbird.com/mwg/59/00X0...

http://www.wfo-cbrc.org/cbrc/ca_list.htm...

http://gbbc.birdsource.org/gbbcApps/repo...