Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatus
Synopsis:
Nests widely west of the Cascades and in mountains east of the
Cascades. Most notable are the records from southern
Harney and Malheur Counties.
Habitat Associations:
strong
Sitka Spruce-W. Hemlock Maritime Forest (193830 acres)
Mountain Hemlock Montane Forest (252392 acres)
True Fir-Hemlock Montane Forest (1314780 acres)
Shasta Red Fir-Mountain Hemlock Forest (49404 acres)
Whitebark-Lodgepole Pine Montane Forest (1323 acres)
Ponderosa Pine-dominant Mixed Conifer Forest (325431 acres)
Northeast Mixed Conifer Forest (2677010 acres)
Jeffery Pine Forest/Woodland (28117 acres)
Conifer Woodland on Serpentine Bedrock (15485 acres)
Lodgepole Pine Forest/Woodland (201887 acres)
Subalpine Fir-Lodgepole Pine Montane Conifer (667472 acres)
Coastal Lodgepole Forest (757 acres)
Douglas Fir-W. Hemlock-W. Red Cedar Forest (4736171 acres)
Douglas Fir-Port Orford Cedar Forest (130442 acres)
Douglas Fir-Mixed Deciduous Forest (2093 acres)
Douglas Fir-White Fir/Tanoak-Madrone Mixed Forest (946755 acres)
Douglas Fir/White Oak Forest (167822 acres)
Ponderosa Pine Forest/Woodland (3690808 acres)
Douglas Fir dominant - Mixed Conifer Forest (1891734 acres)
Ponderosa Pine/White Oak Forest & Woodland (135545 acres)
Ponderosa Pine-W. Juniper Woodland (106738 acres)
Ponderosa-Lodgepole Pine on Pumice (1043441 acres)
W. Juniper Woodland (1936741 acres)
Red Alder (84372 acres)
Aspen Groves (916 acres)
Mixed Conifer/Mixed Deciduous Forest (877638 acres)
Siskiyou Mtns Mixed Deciduous Forest (153529 acres)
White Oak Forest (111307 acres)
South coast Mixed Forest (1826 acres)
Siskiyou Mtns Shrubland on Serpentine Bedrock (24840 acres)
Grassland & Fir-Ponderosa Interspersed (341854 acres)
Subalpine Scattered Trees & Shrubs (67953 acres)
Northeast Modified Grassland (749251 acres)
Western Oregon Riverine Woodland (19844 acres)
some
Manzanita-dominant Shrubland (13731 acres)
lesser
Coastal Headland Grass & Shrubland (2285 acres)
Streamside/Wetland Shrubland (904 acres)
Relative Detectability:
Fairly secretive, especially around nest.
Challenge:
Improve knowledge of extent of breeding in juniper stands in
central Oregon.