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Cooper's Hawk

Accipiter cooperi

Photo by Darwin26
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45.25, -108.501

Field Notes

Description:

It's a medium size accipiter with a long tail (white at base is wider than on Sharp Shinned) short wings and an appetite for other Birds. It has a rather flat head, eye is close to the beak.

Habitat:

They breed all across Montana and the Dakotas up into the lower Canadian provinces. i expect this one like his mom 'n pop will hang around all Winter hoping to catch an unwary sparrow.
Come Spring they'll take to better feeding grounds.

Notes:

Spotted this morning at a roost near the feeding areas.

Why these posted sideways i do not know but nothing i did would make it change

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Comments (3)

so do i ~ i tried. they were vertical when i loaded them and nothing different than any other loading <shrug> disappointing for sure.
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PublishedOctober 26, 2011

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