Cooper’s and sharp-shinned hawks are in the genus Accipiter, which includes the northern goshawk that rarely shows up in Texas. Cooper’s hawk was named for American zoologist William Cooper ...

Home of the Big Apple itself, you may not think of hawks when you think of New York. In fact, when you think of New York, the ...

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.

A hawk in your backyard is likely one of two: a Cooper's or a sharp-shinned hawk, says Haley. "They're the ones hanging around your feeders trying to eat your birds," he says.

I gently reached. I gently resumed my original position and the hawk hadn’t moved. The photo gods were with me! The sharp-shinned hawk is the smallest member of a group of raptors known as the ...

Because Cooper’s hawks are known for aerial gymnastics while hunting, it would be my guess that’s who your party crasher was. Either way, the hawk was most likely hunting prey.