YAKIMA, Wash. -- Take a good look at this photo. That we can occasionally observe this sort of wildlife moment — a Cooper’s hawk capturing and feasting upon a quail ...

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A rescued Cooper's Hawk is back home in the wild Thursday after being released in Surfside following a remarkable journey of survival. Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber was on hand ...

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.

Cooper’s hawks do not migrate, at least not many in the Bay Area do. If, as you suspect, this is a juvenile hawk, it may be visiting while it scopes out its own territory. That could mean it ...

The Cooper’s hawk was named for 19th ... and rounded wings that are good for maneuvering in flight. The Cornell Lab said Cooper’s hawks are “among the bird world’s most skillful fliers ...

Cooper’s and sharp-shinned hawks are in the genus Accipiter, which includes the northern goshawk that rarely shows up in Texas. Cooper’s hawk was named for American zoologist William Cooper ...

The Cooper’s hawk and the very similar but smaller sharp-shinned hawk ... These are long-tailed and short-winged for extreme maneuverability and fast flight through obstacles in pursuit of prey.

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.

Buteos include the red-tailed hawk, rough-legged hawk, broad-winged hawk and red-shouldered hawk. Falcons These birds have a need for speed; some species can exceed 200 mph in flight.