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Many studies have contrasted the diet of Cooper's and sharp-shinned hawk in other areas as well, with the sharp-shinned hawk much more regularly selecting birds weighing under about 28 g (0.99 oz), a fair amount overlap in birds of 28 to 40 g (0.99 to 1.41 oz) and 40 to 75 g (1.4 to 2.6 oz) weight classes but birds over this weight range are ...
Left to right: Cooper's hawk, sharp-shinned hawk, and the red-tailed hawk (not to scale). In the United States, chickenhawk or chicken hawk is an unofficial designation for three species of North American hawks in the family Accipitridae: Cooper's hawk (also called a quail hawk), the sharp-shinned hawk, and the Buteo species red-tailed hawk.
Sharp-shinned hawk, Accipiter striatus (Unc) Cooper's hawk, Accipiter cooperii; American goshawk, Accipiter atricapillus (O) Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus (O) Mississippi kite, Ictinia mississippiensis (Unc) Common black hawk, Buteogallus anthracinus (R) Harris's hawk, Parabuteo unicinctus (Unc) White-tailed hawk, Geranoaetus ...
"The hawk is a magnificent bird, soaring up on the warm air currents and rising above to gain a perspective over the whole landscape," he describes. ... Cooper's hawks teach us speed and stealth ...
Some birds are about to get new names. And no, we aren't talking pets, parrots at a zoo, or cartoon characters like Woody Woodpecker. Think the Cooper’s hawk, Townsend’s warbler and Bachman ...
It was a hawk that was making swift strafing runs at the turkey brood. What would the mother hen do? When faced with the threat of a Cooper's hawk, what would a mother turkey hen do?
Kestrels occasionally nest in holes created by large woodpeckers, [50] or use the abandoned nests of other birds, such as red-tailed hawks, merlins, and crows. [51] They have been recorded nesting on cliff ledges and building tops, as well as in abandoned cavities in cactuses. [52] [40] American kestrels also commonly utilize nesting boxes. [53]
Accipitriformes is one of three major orders of birds of prey and includes the osprey, hawks, eagles, kites, and vultures. Falcons (Falconiformes) and owls (Strigiformes) are the other two major orders and are listed in other articles.