Among the bird world’s most skillful fliers, Cooper’s Hawks are common woodland hawks that tear through cluttered tree canopies in high speed pursuit of other birds. You’re most likely to see one prowling above a forest edge or field using just a few stiff wingbeats followed by a glide.

Among the bird world’s most skillful fliers, Cooper’s Hawks are common woodland hawks that tear through cluttered tree canopies in high speed pursuit of other birds. You’re most likely to see one prowling above a forest edge or field using just a few stiff wingbeats followed by a glide.

Sharp-shinned hawks, by contrast, have a narrow white band at the tail tip. For more on identifying the Cooper's hawk in flight or in the field, see Hawks of North America and A Photographic Guide to North American Raptors, both by William Clark and Brian Wheeler; or The Sibley Guide to Birds by David Allen Sibley.

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2015年9月18日 · Cooper’s and Sharp-shinned Hawks (let’s call them sharpies) are exciting birds and cunning hunters. Along with the Northern Goshawk they make up the North American accipiters—forest hawks with short wings and long tails that help them maneuver through trees in pursuit of songbirds.

2024年8月9日 · At first glance, you don't know what to look for. Nature's mimicry has done its work. Then the Cooper's hawk appears, wings outstretched, flying in our direction. I took the photo in a British Columbia park. The RAW file makes it possible to correct areas that are too light or really dark, but you still

A medium-sized hawk of the woodlands. Feeding mostly on birds and small mammals, it hunts by stealth, approaching its prey through dense cover and then pouncing with a rapid, powerful flight. Of the three bird-eating Accipiter hawks, Cooper's is the mid-sized species and the most widespread as a nesting bird south of Canada.

Length: 17 in. (42 cm ) In flight this species usually has a \flap-flap-sail\ technique that takes it quickly through the forest canopy and undergrowth, but occasionally it will get up high in the air and soar. The Cooper\'s Hawk is mainly a small bird hunter, but reptiles and frogs can tempt it.

2025年1月1日 · In flight, Cooper’s Hawks look somewhat like a cross-shape with their head sticking out beyond the front edge of the wings. Sharpies look more t-shaped with their small heads somewhat in alignment with the front edge of their wings.

Small to medium-sized hawk with relatively short rounded wings and rounded tail. Adults are gray above with pale orange barring below; immatures are browner and streaky.