1 40 CO OPER S HA WK. 



Cooper's Hawk: Accipiter cooperii. 



This little Hawk is like the Sharp-shinned, but larger, 

 being 16 inches long. 



Resident (common) all the year. 



" Chicken Hawk " is a common and fitting name for 

 Cooper's. He takes larger poultry than the Sharp- 

 shinned and is especially fond of tame pigeons, as well 

 as all kinds of wild birds. Meadowlarks, Robins and 

 Flickers are mentioned as frequent victims. He also 

 eats English Sparrows. 



The nest is usually in the top of a tree, either ever- 

 green or deciduous, and looks like a Crow's nest. The 

 eggs, 4 to 5, are bluish-white, sometimes lightly 

 spotted with brown. 



