To identify a Cooper's hawk, look for the long tail, a bluish grey back and a black cap, with rusty red barring in front on adults. They have a striped grey and black tail and upright posture.

The Cooper's hawk has a large, block-shaped head with a dark cap contrasting with a pale nape. When perched, the tail tip of a sharp-shinned appears squared off, while the Cooper's has a rounded ...

The unanimous answer: juvenile Cooper’s hawks. Like their red-tailed cousins, Cooper’s hawks nest and hunt from tall vantage points above open spaces. Males do most of the nest building.

Accipiters include the sharp-shinned hawk, Cooper’s hawk and American goshawk. Buteos include the red-tailed hawk, rough-legged hawk, broad-winged hawk and red-shouldered hawk.

Cooper’s hawks swoop through our suburban yard every month or so, making passes at our feeder birds. The hawk knows a good hunting opportunity when it sees one. A reader recently wrote to ask me ...

Gloucester County Birds hide when the Cooper’s hawk goes hunting | Gloucester County Nature Club Published: Feb. 01, 2022, 7:04 a.m.

FIELD GUIDE What just swooped toward the bird feeder? Maybe a Cooper’s hawk By Don Lyman Globe Correspondent,Updated February 25, 2021, 3:16 p.m.