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Cooper's Hawk

Accipiter cooperii

Description:

A medium-sized hawk with red banding on the breast.

Habitat:

Chattanooga Nature Center

Notes:

Cooper’s Hawks are common woodland hawks that tear through cluttered tree canopies in high speed pursuit of other birds.

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4 Comments

LisaPowers
LisaPowers 11 years ago

Thanks gatorfellows, JerryMorrow, António and harsuame! He was quite a beautiful bird and new to the nature center. He had a collision with a car and was not able to fly so became an animal ambassador.

gatorfellows
gatorfellows 11 years ago

very nice :)

beautiful capture Lisa,congrats and thanks for sharing

rutasandinas
rutasandinas 11 years ago

Nice::

LisaPowers
Spotted by
LisaPowers

Tennessee, USA

Spotted on Jan 27, 2013
Submitted on Jan 28, 2013

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