{"id":1825,"date":"2020-09-01T08:20:17","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T14:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bouldercountyopenspace.org\/i\/?p=1825"},"modified":"2020-09-01T08:20:17","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T14:20:17","slug":"coopers-hawks-little-birds-beware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bouldercountyopenspace.org\/i\/wildlife\/coopers-hawks-little-birds-beware\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooper\u2019s Hawks: Little Birds, Beware!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The bird feeders have been busy all morning, then, suddenly, they\u2019re empty of life. Nothing! Then you notice a swift shadow arrow through the trees, weaving through branches at high speed\u2014above 30 miles an hour. (David Sibley, in his book, \u201cWhat It\u2019s Like to Be a Bird,\u201d likens these hawks to gray-brown missiles.) Then squawking begins. In the wake of the speeding shape, magpies, grackles, and a mass of smaller birds become agitated and frantic. They\u2019re mobbing something. What\u2019s going on?<\/p>\n<p>Chances are it is a hunting Cooper\u2019s hawk. These crow-sized birds of prey are forest hawks but have taken to town fringes in recent years, lured by the increase in small birds drawn to bird feeders and enticed by the increasing tree cover in our neighborhoods. For the hawks, it\u2019s fast food in a \u201cforested\u201d setting. Perfect!<\/p>\n<p>Cooper\u2019s hawks, and almost lookalike sharp-shinned hawks are accipiters: raptors with shortish, rounded wings that help them navigate with agility through dense woodland using their long tails as rudders. Both species have long legs and sharp talons with which to snatch prey. Size tells the two species apart. Sharp-shinned hawks are robin-sized. Don\u2019t be fooled, though. Female raptors are typically larger than their males. Ranking from small male sharpies to large female Cooper\u2019s, there\u2019s a baffling size range that can offer bird watchers a real challenge.<\/p>\n<h2>Unfussy Eaters<\/h2>\n<p>Cooper\u2019s hawks are also known as \u201cchicken hawks,\u201d although they mainly prey on medium-sized birds, such as woodpeckers, doves, and robins. Birds make up most of their diet. They\u2019ll also eat small rodents, rabbits, and even bats and snakes\u2014they are opportunists, not fussy eaters. They consume about 12 percent of their body weight in a day, equivalent to us eating about four or five pizzas. These stealth hunters move from perch to perch in dense woodland, watching . . . listening . . . waiting for dinner on the wing. Then with a burst of speed, they\u2019ll overtake and subdue their prey. A quick squeeze of the talons is all it takes.<\/p>\n<h2>Hawks Close By<\/h2>\n<p>In our area, Cooper\u2019s hawks are seen year-round. They tend to be faithful to the same nesting territory year after year.<\/p>\n<p>This year, a pair of Cooper\u2019s hawks nested in our yard. The first hints were high-pitched ack ack ack calls breaking the silence at dawn. One early evening we watched the two birds as they mated. Our quest was then to see a nest site. Research told us that nests are usually found in evergreens or deciduous trees, typically 25 to 50 feet high in a crotch or horizontal branch. We found ours about 40 feet up in a weedy elm.<\/p>\n<p>Nesting began before the tree leafed out, and by chance the site they chose for the nest was atop an old squirrel nest much augmented with sticks\u2014all rather untidy. As the year advanced, the nest seemed to have insufficient shade and we worried on the birds\u2019 behalf. The nest was far too high to check progress, but the birds came and went regularly.<\/p>\n<p>These hawks typically lay three to five eggs and begin incubating the eggs when the last one is laid. Incubation takes 30 to 36 days, and it\u2019s about a month more before the chicks fledge and fly. Sadly, in mid-July, one nestling, not yet feathered, plummeted from the nest, and didn\u2019t survive. We didn\u2019t know the cause but wondered if it was the \u201crunt\u201d pushed out of the nest by larger and hungrier nest mates. If food supplies dwindle, younger, frailer chicks succumb. As I write, the outcome is unknown. Fingers crossed!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bouldercountyopenspace.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/coopers-hawk-2.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"1080\" data-lbwps-height=\"1512\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/bouldercountyopenspace.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/coopers-hawk-2-214x300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1827 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/bouldercountyopenspace.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/coopers-hawk-2-731x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Cooper's Hawk\" width=\"640\" height=\"897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bouldercountyopenspace.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/coopers-hawk-2-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/bouldercountyopenspace.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/coopers-hawk-2-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/bouldercountyopenspace.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/coopers-hawk-2-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bouldercountyopenspace.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/coopers-hawk-2.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The bird feeders have been busy all morning, then, suddenly, they\u2019re empty of life. Nothing! Then you notice a swift shadow arrow through the trees, weaving through branches at high speed\u2014above 30 miles an hour. (David Sibley, in his book, \u201cWhat It\u2019s Like to Be a Bird,\u201d likens these hawks to gray-brown missiles.) 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