A University of Tennessee researcher documented an immature Cooper's hawk using vehicle traffic and pedestrian signal patterns as concealment during hunting behavior at a suburban intersection.

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Cooper’s Hawk is a highly agile and aerodynamic bird, known for its speed and precision when hunting other birds through dense woodland canopies. Its long toes and sharp maneuverability make it ...

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 ...