Cooper’s hawks swoop through our suburban yard every month or so, making passes at our feeder birds. The hawk knows a good hunting opportunity when it sees one.

Cooper’s Hawks are smaller birds compared to the common Red-Tailed Hawk often seen in Arizona. Adults have dark gray outer feathers with brown and white feathers covering their chests.

A Young Cooper's Hawk Learned to Use a Crosswalk Signal to Launch Surprise Attacks on Other Birds. ... doves and starlings—birds that Cooper’s hawks like to hunt and eat.

A Cooper's Hawk perches over Nisky Hill Cemetery in Bethlehem in April 2022. The species frequently seen in the Lehigh Valley is among dozens of birds currently named for people that will be ...

The route used by the hawk to attack a flock of birds feeding in front of house #2 is shown with white arrows. Credit: Frontiers in Ethology (2025). DOI: 10.3389/fetho.2025.1539103 ...

Cooper's hawks are skilled hunters that feast on small and medium-sized birds. Pixabay. Vladimir Dinets was driving his daughter to school one morning when a flash of movement caught his eye.