(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 young Cooper’s hawk in New Jersey learned to use pedestrian crossing signals, specifically their sounds, as cues to time hunting attacks, taking advantage of the longer red lights and car ...

Cooper's hawks are skilled hunters that feast on small and medium-sized birds. Pixabay. Vladimir Dinets was driving his daughter to school one morning when a flash of movement caught his eye.

Birds continue to be amazing. Crows can use tools and hold grudges against specific people. Magpies can recognize themselves in mirrors. And now, hawks are using traffic signals to hunt down prey ...

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.

The prey birds in our yard either scatter or go motionless at first sight of the hawk. If one bird freezes, they all do. I have yet to see a Cooper’s hunt successfully.

The agile, comparatively small Cooper’s hawk can acrobatically swoop and catch small birds, while a red-tailed hawk may catch a larger bird like a scrub jay, but being “a little bit more ...

To identify a Cooper's hawk, look for the long tail, a bluish grey back and a black cap, with rusty red barring in front on adults. They have a striped grey and black tail and upright posture.

Relatively, Cooper’s hawks are the most slender and longest tailed accipiter, and they have an average length of 16 inches with a wingspan of 31 inches. Cooper’s Hawk | | santafenewmexican.com ...