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Gallery 51 | Vancouver, British Columbia | Natures's Pic's OnlineCooper's Hawk: Its rounded wings and long tail, which acts like a rudder on a ship, help the bird to maneuver through tight spots – such as a tangle of branches – to get at its quick moving prey.
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Cooper's Hawk - eBirdSmall 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. Very similar to Sharp-shinned Hawk, but larger with bigger head. Also note deeper, slower wingbeats. Breeds in forested areas; more common in suburban areas than Sharp-shinned Hawk. Feeds mainly on birds captured in flight. Often stalks feeders in search of prey.
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Cooper's HawkI was set up at my inside/outside bird photography studio (in other words sitting inside my house looking out the window with camera on tripod) when suddenly all of the birds, mostly House Sparrows and a few Juncos and American Goldfinches took off in a panic. After 2 or 3 seconds I saw this hawk with a bird in it's talons land on a fence about 60 feed from where I was sitting. I could see that it had a rather dark bird (Dark-eyed Junco?) that was fluttering. The hawk immediate jumped down…
Male (western) Cooper’s Hawk against the setting sunBirds of Prey: Hawks, eagles, kites, vultures, owls, falcons, and seriemas!.