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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. 



