#cooper’s hawk

[great-and-small]

The American Ornithological Society is planning to remove eponyms from bird names due to an over representation of racists, so now bird experts have the exhilarating task of renaming some of our most treasured bird friends! So many possibilities to shape the future of birding.

With that in mind, what should we rename the Cooper’s hawk?

[jennrosefx]

I don’t post enough, so please enjoy this curious Coop Kid being ADORABLE. They’re one of four kids from a nest down the street, and watching them learn how to be functioning hawks is my favorite thing in the world.

[the-paleoraptor]

A young Cooper’s hawk perches upon the bare branches, as the young bird rests, a small flock of Passenger pigeons fly by. Such abundant birds would’ve been a regular food source for the hawks, but that was not to last…

[sebring5]

IMG_0002 by Henry Via Flickr: Duck

[uncleasad]

It’s like the Universe was eavesdropping on @evilpenguinrika and I last night, for lo and behold, this afternoon this young hawk zoomed by me on the deck not six feet away, and then I heard the sound of something being dropped! (Alas 😢)

This appears to be a young hawk, both by size (only about half as bulky as the ones who visit usually appear) and the fact it let me get within ~12 feet to take these pictures (max digital zoom, but still cool to look at). And perhaps also that it seemed to have dropped its prey. I’m not great at hawk ID, but my best guess is a Cooper’s hawk. (Cooper’s and red-shouldered are common here, and I’ve seen a red-tailed once, as well.)

After apparently dropping its prey, it landed on the deck railing opposite of me, then flew out and up a few feet into the maple tree for a better vantage point at the area where it dropped its (very lucky) prey. It was making some very brief chirping noises that Merlin’s Sound ID couldn’t even decipher. After that, it flew over to the fence and awkwardly traversed 2-3 panels before taking off and landing in the neighbor’s pear tree (takeoff and landing in the pear tree shown in the video…is there no way to set alt text on a video?)

The small white flower clusters in the last photo and video are late boneset (Eupatorium serotinum), a favorite of monarchs (and, here, all manner of bees and eastern tiger swallowtails).

[rustbeltjessie]

There was a Cooper’s Hawk in my backyard the other evening! I tried to get closer to get a better photo, but then it flew away.

(August 2)

[pangeen]

“ The Standoff ” // © Harry Collins

Music:  AShamaluevMusic - Epic Inspiration

[hiimlesphotos]

Over the Shoulder

[raw-wild]

Cooper’s Hawk & Virginia Rail | Marc Silver

[drethelin]

[creamkirin]

Bird photos I found on the internet today that I think are important

Least Bittern rescued from being stranded floating in a middle of a lake and banded. Look at that stare.

Juvenile Cooper’s hawk that got sopping wet caught in a storm

[mythreecrows]

Cooper’s Hawk just hanging, watching the songbirds forage.

[kerryanndunn]

Cooper’s Hawk, Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs, Las Vegas, Nevada, December 2022

[sebring5]

_DSF3649 by Henry Via Flickr: Sora

[northernpintail]

[tenderanarchist]

These are so fun to make