Appearance: Cooper’s hawk is a medium-sized bird about 15-18″ long. They’re blue-gray with rusty underparts, and a black cap.
Winter diet: Medium-sized birds such as doves, jays, and robins as well as small mammals as large as squirrels.
Winter feeder food: They don’t visit feeders.
Winter habitat: Cooper’s hawks remain in their year-round range throughout winter: most of the US except for the northernmost states of northern Washington, northern Idaho, Montana, the Dakotas, Minnesota, the northern halves of Wisconsin & Michigan, and states north and east of New York. Others migrate south into Mexico for warmer temps. They prefer forests and forested areas.
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