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.