Cooper's Hawk

Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)often confused with the Sharp-Shinned Hawk, is a medium-sized hawk native to the North American continent and found from Southern Canada to Northern Mexico. As in many birds of prey, the male is smaller than the female. The birds found east of the Mississippi River tend to be larger on average than the birds found to the west.

Read more about Cooper's Hawk:  Taxonomy, Description, Distribution and Habitat, Lifespan, Status and Conservation

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    —James Creelman. Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack. Carl Denham (Robert Armstrong)

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    But wait through fish scale, shale dust, bone
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    Til flung on a new net of atoms:
    Gary Snyder (b. 1930)