A Young Cooper's Hawk Learned to Use a Crosswalk Signal to Launch Surprise Attacks on Other Birds. ... doves and starlings—birds that Cooper’s hawks like to hunt and eat.

Researchers have studied Cooper’s hawks by attaching transmitters to their backs, revealing that starlings, mourning doves and pigeons make up the majority of their diet.

Birds continue to be amazing. Crows can use tools and hold grudges against specific people. Magpies can recognize themselves in mirrors. And now, hawks are using traffic signals to hunt down prey ...

(CN) — A Cooper's hawk has been using crosswalk signals to orchestrate its hunting strategy, outsmarting both its prey and urban infrastructure, according to research published Friday in Frontiers in ...

You know it’s hot out when even the hawks are taking bird baths in backyard pools. The family of David McCumber, the Arizona Daily Star’s executive editor, had a surprise visitor Wednesday ...

Jax Spencer, left, and Ace Potter, both 9, from Alhambra, release a Cooper’s hawk at the Orange County Bird of Prey Center in Mission Viejo on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024.

A hawk in a New Jersey town has learned to use a neighborhood traffic light to hunt more effectively, a study published Thursday found. The study in Frontiers of Ethology represents further evidenc… ...