Immature Cooper's Hawk

by Lyuba Filatova

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Immature Cooper's Hawk

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Lyuba Filatova

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Hawks are birds of prey and hunt and eat birds and small mammals as well as snakes and frogs. Hawks can see in ultraviolet, which helps them hunt down their prey. The two most common accipiter on Cape Cod are Sharp-shinned Hawks and Cooper’s Hawks. Cooper’s Hawks are shy and would rather stay hidden in the foliage while hunting. That’s why we don’t always know when they are around. Cooper’s can also be active hunters, flying through the woods at great speeds in hopes of surprising prey. In the forests they will use bushes and vegetation to conceal them as they fly. The young birds show a different plumage pattern on their front side – brownish teardrop-shaped streaks instead of the finely horizontally-barred orange feathers of adults. Note this immature bird has a very streaky brown and white breast and a light colored eye. (The adult will have a red eye.) Taken in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

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