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Cooper’s HawkMs. C. Carr’s 2nd Grade
Spring 2017
Template Created by Diane Cook 2014
Habitat
A cooper’s hawk breeds in Canada and in forestlands in the
USA.
Cooper’s Hawks live near the edge of a forest near river or stream.
Diet
Mammals are common in the diet of Cooper's Hawk.
Cooper’s hawks eat mammals chipmunks, hares, mice, squirrels, and bats.
Nest/Egg Facts
Cooper's hawks lay 2 to 6 eggs every year.
A male usually builds a nest in about two weeks with the slightest help from a female.
A cooper's hawk nest is 25 feet to 50 feet high. They use twigs and oak branches.
They make their nests on spruce trees sometimes.
Appearance
The Cooper’s Hawk is a medium sized bird.
An adult cooper’s hawk has red eyes, a dark gray almost black
back, a dark gray head and a long thin and rounded tail.
Younger Cooper’s Hawk has yellow eyes, brown back and white spots on it’s back.
Behavior
Cooper Hawks are quick birds. The cooper’s hawks
are fast moving when going tree to tree!
Conservation
They are in habitat loss because people are building
buildings on top of the Cooper’s Hawk habitats.
Cooper’s hawks are endangered because people kept shooting them. They were doing that because it was thought that the hawk kept eating their animals.
Other Interesting Facts
Cooper hawks don’t bite to kill their prey like a falcon they squeeze it until it dies.
Scientist study Cooper’s Hawk’s skeletons. They found that when the Cooper's Hawk got hurt it healed.
Cooper’s hawks are an urban and suburban animals. They are town and city animals.
Bibliography“All About Birds.” Cornell Lab of Ornithology. https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Coopers_Hawk/id May 19, 2017.
Original student illustrations using Pixie 4 software.