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Palmyra Cove, NJ
When I startled this immature Cooper's during the hunt she only flew over to the next branch and sat there for a while.
Cooper’s Hawk is a species of accipiter, a group in the Kites, Hawks, Eagles, and relatives that gives its name to the Latin for the entire family. Accipiters, with long tails and short wings, are adept at maneuvering through trees in pursuit of smaller birds. This individual was seen in a wooded area of Carburn Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
With their smaller lookalike, the Sharp-shinned Hawk, Cooper’s Hawks make for famously tricky identifications. Both species are sometimes unwanted guests at bird feeders, looking for an easy meal (but not one of sunflower seeds).
(Original title: "Bradley"
Wikipedia: Cooper's hawk (Accipiter cooperii) is a medium-sized hawk native to the North American continent and found from southern Canada to Mexico. This species is a member of the genus Accipiter, sometimes referred to as true hawks, which are famously agile, relatively small hawks common to wooded habitats around the world and also the most diverse of all diurnal raptor genera. As in many birds of prey, the male is smaller than the female. The birds found east of the Mississippi River tend to be larger on average than the birds found to the west. It is easily confused with the smaller but similar Sharp-shinned hawk.
Conservation status: Least Concern
I caught this leaf-eating Cooper's hawk on our backyard birdbath. I'm sure he didn't eat the leaf, though I don't know what he was doing with it in his beak.
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This hawk was really after the birds in the yard and garden. It was diving into bushes and the garden after small birds. This time the small birds were faster and more elusive.
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Cooper's Hawk
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Cooper's Hawk ~ (Accipiter cooperii )
99/100 times I run into a mid-size brown and white hawk in Florida, it is a juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk. This time I was excited to stumble upon this Cooper's Hawk. I was walking around a lake and not paying as much attention to the trees surrounding it as I should have. I nearly walked under the branch it was perched on. I'm grateful it let me backup slowly and grab a few shots despite my clumsy invasion of its privacy!
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A fine Flickr friend likes these birds so I culled through my archives to find this one. On my way to work I pass a road aptly named Hawk's Hill. There I almost always see a hawk but rarely have time to stop. Today the cool weather comes in, I'm so glad!
Its a big enough file to zoom for details:)
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Flew in front of my house and gave me the look! Fortunately I had the camera all set and got the shot!
Cooper's Hawk
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