Accipiters

media type="custom" key="7317039" The largest of three accipiters, rounded wings and a long tail, When younger had yellow eyes when it gets older it has red eyes.Also blue and grey on back and on wings. It is found in canada lives where there are many trees.

The goshawk usally migrate in november 50 of them are seen in autumn. It's favorite prey is snowshoe hare and grouse Northern Goshawk facts

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is an accipiter straitus. It is 10-14 inches long and has a wing span of 20-27 inches. It is about the size of a Blue Jay and has short rounded wings and often fly and flap. They have a long tails that are gray and banded, also they have orange or red eyes. It's wings are blue gray and it's chest is white with red bars. When they are young they have yellow eyes and are more brown. They eat 90% smaller birds some incects and lizards. This bird migrates during media type="youtube" key="GRyPUNqL2PE?fs=1" height="385" width="480"



This is the cooper's hawk, This amazing bird has many features that make it similar and different from the rest of the accipiter group

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 * Living area ** : Cooper's hawks are common around woodlands and forests, but be also found near suburbs
 * Eating habits ** :This hawk eats smaller birds such as starlings, mourning doves, and rock pigeons. A cooper's hawk eats its prey by grabbing it with it's feet and repeatedly squeasing it to death than ripping parts off one by one.


 * Identification ** : Like most accipiters, cooper's hawks have broad rounding wings and a long rudder like tail.They also have steely blue-gray above with warm reddish bars on the underparts and thick dark bands on the tail. Although two completely different birds,The cooper's hawk is very similar to the sharp-shinned hawk in shape and looks.


 * Behavior ** : the cooper's hawk has a flap-flap-glide pattern and holds its wings in a V shape.


 * Nesting ** : The nesting period can take from 27 to 34 days while the incubation will take from 30 to 36 days. Most Nests are made with piles of sticks roughly 27 inches in diameter and 6-17 inches high.A cooper's hawk will also prefer to build its nest in pines or oak trees on flat ground rather than hillsides.


 * On the trip ** **:** On the day of our trip (October 1) the amount of cooper's hawks that flew over north lookout (hawk mountain) is 24. On the trip I saw five of them, its was so amazing to see them gliding around the large mountain area.

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 * This is a cooper's hawk with its prey, the dove **
 * And this is a close up view of what a cooper's hawk looks like. **


 * This Is my source of information **

coopers' hawk facts

And these are the links to the videos

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