[Edit no. 2: WRONG. This is a Cooper's Hawk. I'm leaning on @hawkpartys' expertise here: "This is a Cooper's Hawk. See pale nape, dark cap, thick tarsi, graduated tail feathers, and large white undertail coverts."
While I based my ID on size compared to another nearby hawk, maybe this is just a small individual. To quote the National Audubon Society, and to reassure myself, "Lots of birders—expert birders—have come away shaking their heads and jotting down “Cooper’s/Sharp-shinned” in their notebooks."]
photos by me, 2024-03-13, Whitsett Park, Nashville, TN.
A migrant bird in Qatar during winter. The male is identified by its pale grey back, buffy throat, black color over the eyes and wings. The female is light brown colored without black coloration.
It tends to stay on the ground and on low perches.