Elegant Light
This is one of my favorite images of this Cooper's Hawk due to the lighting and background that really shows its amazing beauty. This is a "wild" bird of prey. I have had the privilege of capturing him several times over the past 3 years in my backyard.
Cooper's hawk is a medium-sized hawk native to the North American continent and found from southern Canada to Mexico. This species is a member of the genus "Accipiter", sometimes referred to as true hawks, which are famously agile, relatively small hawks common to wooded habitats around the world and also the most diverse of all diurnal raptor genera.
Similar species: Diurnal Birds Of Prey
By Stephen Philips
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Uploaded May 11, 2015.
