Cooper’s hawk: A common medium-sized hawk named after American naturalist William Cooper. A skilled and speedy flier, it can often be seen hunting for an easy meal around backyard bird feeders.

A Cooper’s hawk looks like a “flying cross” (a larger head, rounded tail) ... These birds have a need for speed; some species can exceed 200 mph in flight.

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 ...

Cooper’s Hawks are an elusive bird species and their nests are often hidden. If a baby hawk appears alone on the ground, it's possible its parents are watching nearby and the bird is safe.

The Cooper's hawk is among a select group of raptor species that have adapted to urban settings. Dinets suggests that cognitive flexibility is the key to their survival. "I think my observations show ...

Her feeder birds, she said, had been driven away by one adult Cooper’s hawk and three of its young, recently fledged from a neighborhood nest. Well, I told her, there is no immediate solution.

Goodbye, Cooper’s Hawk. Group to rename birds named after people ... The society said it plans to start with 70 to 80 bird species that occur mainly in the U.S. and Canada.

Though adult Cooper’s hawks are skilled predators, Ng notes that young members of the species sometimes die of starvation if they can’t secure enough food. Other birds have also been observed ...

Birds continue to be amazing. Crows can use tools and hold grudges against specific people. Magpies can recognize themselves in mirrors. And now, hawks are using traffic signals to hunt down prey ...

A University of Tennessee researcher documented an immature Cooper's hawk using vehicle traffic and pedestrian signal patterns as concealment during hunting behavior at a suburban intersection.