Safety note: Nesting Cooper's Hawks may dive at people who approach nest trees.
Cooper's Hawk is a powerful, agile woodland hawk that specializes in catching birds, threading through dense forest at high speed to surprise prey at feeders and in shrubby cover. It has adapted remarkably well to suburban environments, now nesting in many American cities. Females are substantially larger than males, a reversal typical of raptors that hunt agile prey.
Habitat
Forests and woodland edges; common in suburbs and cities
Diet
Birds (especially medium-sized species) and small mammals
How common
Common
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