The “chicken hawk” of colonial America, this medium-sized accipiter is a common sight at home bird feeders across the country, swooping in to nab an unwary dove or jay. Females are larger and bulkier ...

We developed a habitat model of urban-nesting Cooper's hawks (Accipiter cooperii) based on characteristics of nest sites in Tucson, Pima County, Arizona. We tested the model in three urban areas in ...

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This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Cooper's Hawks (Accipiter cooperii) nest commonly in various habitats throughout North America, but there are few comparative studies of the ...

Vladimir Dinets, an animal behaviorist at the University of Tennessee, reported that he observed Cooper's hawks (Accipiter cooperii), a medium-sized bird of prey native to North America, hunting using ...