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Cooper's Hawk
(Accipiter cooperii)

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A common bird of prey of woodlands and open country.

Differentiated from the smaller Sharp-shinned Hawk by its contrasting dark head and grey nape, along with its rounded tail corners when seated.

Flight pattern described as flap-flap-glide; rarely soars like other area hawks.

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