Johnsgard - Smithsonian Institution Press - ISBN: 1560989467įIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA - National Geographic Society - ISBN: 0792274512Ī GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF MEXICO AND NORTHERN CENTRAL AMERICA by Steve N. HAWKS, EAGLES AND FALCONS OF NORTH AMERICA by Paul A. This species produces one brood per season. Parents provide food during about two months. The striking Cooper's hawk (Accipiter cooperii) has amber-colored eyes, grey wings, a black tail, and a brown and white speckled breast.It eats birds and small mammals like. Other times you’ll see them atop telephone poles, eyes fixed on the ground to catch the movements of a vole or a rabbit, or simply waiting out. Red-tailed Hawks soar above open fields, slowly turning circles on their broad, rounded wings. If you’ve got sharp eyes you’ll see several individuals on almost any long car ride, anywhere. After hatching, both parents feed the young. This is probably the most common hawk in North America. Know where nesting sites are located and keep cats and dogs indoors around the time you think the.
Incubation lasts about 32 to 35 days, mainly by female, fed by the male. Baby Birds Make sure the bird is really in need of help. It is an open bold made with sticks, with a rim of green vegetation, and lined with bark flakes, needles and down.įemale lays 3 to 6 bluish or greenish white eggs, spotted, but becoming stained in the nest. Male chooses nest site, but nest is mainly built by female.Ĭooper’s Hawk’s nest is located in a fork or against the trunk of a tree. It has an active flight with strong wing beats. It is a swift flier, using rapid wing beats, and is able to fly into heavily vegetated woodlands. It often travels with others hawks.Ĭooper’s Hawk is able to catch preys while flying at high speeds. Both birds fly with slow deep wing beats, interspersed with glides where white undertail coverts are spread.Ĭooper’s Hawk is a territorial bird, defending its territory and nest site. First, male dives towards female, and follows her with a slow deep chase. This call is also given during courtship. These flight displays begin with pair soaring high on currents. The most common call is a loud, grating cak-cak-cak, 2-5 seconds long, given by both sexes in defense of the nest. It also raises the wings above its back, flying in wide circles with slow and rhythmic wing beats. Male may fly around female, displaying its undertail coverts. During courtship displays, Cooper’s Hawk performs stylized flights with wings held in a deep arc.
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