So you are watching the bird feeders, and all of a sudden everything goes quiet. The birds have disappeared. What happened? Well, if it’s not your neighbor’s cat strolling through the yard, chances ...

A hawk in New Jersey has been seen using a clever, urban hunting strategy: taking sound cues from traffic signals to exploit cars for cover, before striking prey. The hawk first crossed paths with ...

As you watch the visitors to your winter bird feeder, all the small birds that regularly feed there are suddenly gone. There's no movement in the area, all is still. Did a predator come in and consume ...

Glancing out the window early this morning, I noticed the feeders are well stocked but not a bird in sight, except for a Cooper’s hawk dining on a mourning dove. He often hunts around our house, ...

All in a matter of seconds! In Bent, William Savage, a late 19th-century birder, contributed this anecdote after watching a Cooper’s hawk hone in on an awkwardly flying quail. The quail attempts to ...

It was one of those October mornings that fills you with contentment. The sky was a clear blue, there was a slight fog hanging over the meadow, and every surface had been coated with a fresh layer of ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Kathryn Bateman photographed a Cooper’s hawk hanging out on her birdbath in Lago Mar in Virginia ...

"What kind of hawk is this that's eating my birds?" That's a recent question from a reader. And it's not uncommon. Sometimes readers attach phone picturs of the predatory birds. These hawks are ...

What Does a Cooper’s Hawk Look Like? Adult male and female Cooper’s hawks have a bluish-gray back, blackish cap and white undersides crossed by horizontal reddish barring. The female averages almost ...