Cooper’s Hawk

Cooper's Hawk

You may find me hanging around your bird feeder, but my focus isn't on your birdseed.  I look a lot like a Sharp-shinned Hawk, and I'm smaller than the more common Red-shouldered Hawk.

Most Likely Found: In the marsh, In the open fields, In the treetops, In your backyard

When: Year-Round

Where I've photographed: Circle B Bar Reserve, Lake Apopka, Viera Wetlands

Read more: Cooper’s Hawk at Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Ebird: Cooper’s Hawk eBird range


I have written 14 posts including a photo of a Cooper’s Hawk

Looking Down at You

December 16, 2012 - ...This is my mom’s nemesis bird – the hawk that disturbs her little birdies at their feeders! He flew up on top of this phone pole the last time I was there. I grabbed the Beast and hand-held a few shots before he flew off. We knew he was either a Cooper’s Hawk or a […] Read more

Cuckoos Chasing Cuckoos at the Circle B Bar Reserve

October 14, 2011 - ...It was a gorgeous morning at the Circle B Bar Reserve.  The temperatures were cool, there was a little breeze, and the winter birds are coming back.  The Belted Kingfishers were posed on the power lines at the entrance to the reserve, and within a few minutes of parking, I’d located my first of fall […] Read more

Cooper’s Hawk

July 29, 2011 - ...Normally I seem to photograph juvenile Cooper’s Hawks. The other night we were walking in the neighborhood, and we came across this adult Cooper’s. Look at that bright red eye! The lighting was quite uneven, but I like how the light shows the eye so clearly. The hawk looked at me for a split second, […] Read more

Lazy Saturday in the Backyard

April 16, 2011 - ...The windy weather forecast kept me at home this morning.  So Rich and the cats and I had a lazy morning.  It can be nice to stay at home and enjoy your backyard birds, too! I’m pretty sure there is a Brown Thrasher nest in the backyard.  I’ve been seeing Brown Thrashers in the yard […] Read more

King Rail at Sunset at the Circle B Bar Reserve

January 16, 2011 - ...I saw my first-ever King Rail at the Circle B Reserve tonight. I went for a sunset walk before the Lake Region Audubon Society meeting, where Fred Bassett gave an excellent talk about hummingbirds that winter in Florida. There were plenty of people out to enjoy the sunset, including a nice couple of saw me […] Read more

Rainy Day Walk around Stoneybrook West

December 18, 2010 - ...Another cold front passed through today, making our first day of Christmas break a very rainy one.  We were cooped up inside all morning, then finally I couldn’t take it anymore and we went for a walk between showers.  It was an unusually active walk (or maybe I’m already used to our Standard Time nighttime […] Read more

A New Place to Explore: Viera Wetlands

November 26, 2010 - ...I’ve heard birders mention Viera Wetlands so often that I had to get over there to see it for myself. It reminds me of Circle B Bar Reserve in that it is a local wetlands area with great birds — and unlike Circle B, which is so dry right now, this wetlands had plenty of […] Read more

The Coots have Returned to the Circle B Bar Reserve

October 17, 2010 - ...Things are certainly picking up at the Circle B Bar Reserve. Besides seeing the first American Coots of the season, this morning we saw a juvenile Bald Eagle doing some nice close fly-bys, three Roseate Spoonbills, and plenty of Gray Catbirds and Eastern Phoebes. Last night when we left at sunset, we said good night […] Read more

Slow Morning at Circle B Bar Reserve

June 6, 2010 - ...Dyeyo and I went to the Circle B Bar Reserve at 6:30 this morning to enjoy the early morning light with our birds.  Unfortunately, the sun didn’t really come up because it was so cloudy.  We still had a good time birding. The first bird we saw was this Little Blue Heron, who posed for […] Read more