Hearing the familiar “squee” call of a juvenile Cooper’s hawk in my backyard, I looked up and then laughed. Four young hawks were sitting in the limbs of a snag, observing and seemingly commenting on ...

Considered a deft flier and known for chasing prey on the wing, a Cooper’s hawk on the hunt can dart through dense tree cover at speeds of up to 50 mph. This agile, crow-sized raptor can even flip ...