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What do they look
like?
They have brown backs, white chests and bellies with
brown spots, orange or yellow eyes, and a tail that is
brown and white striped. When they are full grown,
their color changes to blue-gray on their backs. |
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How big are they?
They are about 1 ½ feet long. If their wings were spread out,
they would be about 2-3 feet wide. |
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How many eggs do they
lay?
The female lays 4 – 5 greenish white eggs once a year. They
hatch in about 34 days. |
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How long do the
fledglings stay in the nest?
Cooper’s Hawks make their nests out of sticks, twigs, bark, and
pine needles. The nest will be on a limb by the trunk of a pine
tree. Sometimes they build nests in trees with leaves
(deciduous). The young birds (fledglings) stay in the nest for
a month. |
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When do they hunt?
They hunt during the daytime. (diurnal) |
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What do they eat?
They like to eat chickens, songbirds, and sometimes fish. |
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Where do they live?
They live in Canada, the United States, Central America, and
parts of South America. |
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What kind of place do
they like to live in?
They like to live in any kind of forest. |
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Interesting fact:
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They are sometimes called chicken hawks. |
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Cooper's Hawks sometimes drown their prey to kill it.
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