However, female hawks are generally larger than males, so it is possible that a large female "sharpie" might be close to the size of a small male Cooper's hawk. Another detail to pay attention to ...

The sharp-shinned, the smallest hawk in North America, is 9 to 13-inches long with a 17 to 22-inch wingspan. The female sharp-shinned is one-third larger than the male. The Cooper’s female is ...

and a male Cooper’s is not much larger than a large female sharp-shin. By land or by air: Overhead, Cooper’s hawks are distinguished by their rounded and relatively long tail versus the ...

The female Cooper's hawk is larger than the male. The smaller male must be careful not to fall prey to the female. During mating season, the male is submissive to the female and listens closely ...

Another time, early one morning, a juvenile male caught a pigeon on a fenced ... Several years ago that same female Cooper's hawk, then in her first summer, discovered the pigeon nest in the ...

Sharp-shinned hawks range from 10 to 14 inches, again with females larger than males. A small male Cooper’s can be the size of a large female sharp-shin. If in doubt, try to get a look at the tail.

"We know it’s a female because she’s big ... A few fun facts about Cooper's Hawks: The male hunts for the entire family. He has to bring home the equivalent of one songbird an hour for ...

male hawk. This has made the males attentive to the mood of the female hawks. They will often listen for an approving call from the female before approaching. Cooper’s hawk males are also the ...

Cooper’s hawks are largely but not exclusively monogamous. It’s not unusual to find more than one male attending a nesting female, and DNA testing has shown that eggs fertilized by different ...