Post by Victoria on Jul 6, 2012 16:52:46 GMT -7
-have short rounded wings and a very long tail with dark bands that are round-ended at the tip
-Adults have red eyes and have a black cap
-Their tail is blue gray on top and pale underneath, barred with black bands
-Immatures have yellow eyes and have a brown cap
-tail is brown on top and pale underneath, barred with dark bands
typical prey: American Robins, jays, woodpeckers, European Starlings, icterids and doves. They also eat small mammals, like rodents, and occasionally insects and frogs, snakes, etc.
Their breeding habitat are forested areas. The breeding pair builds a stick nest in large trees.
-clutch size is usually 3 to 5 eggs.
-cobalt-blue eggs
-The incubation period ranges from 30 to 36 days. The hatchlings are about 28 g (1 oz) and 9 cm (3.8 in) long and are completely covered in white down.
-are brooded for about two weeks by the female
- fledging stage is reached at 25 to 34 days of age, though the offspring will return to the nest to be fed for up to 4 more weeks
- Eggs and nestlings are preyed on, rarely, by raccoons, crows as well as other competing Cooper's Hawks
**Take note that your hawks do not have to be of the Cooper's Hawk species.
-Adults have red eyes and have a black cap
-Their tail is blue gray on top and pale underneath, barred with black bands
-Immatures have yellow eyes and have a brown cap
-tail is brown on top and pale underneath, barred with dark bands
typical prey: American Robins, jays, woodpeckers, European Starlings, icterids and doves. They also eat small mammals, like rodents, and occasionally insects and frogs, snakes, etc.
Their breeding habitat are forested areas. The breeding pair builds a stick nest in large trees.
-clutch size is usually 3 to 5 eggs.
-cobalt-blue eggs
-The incubation period ranges from 30 to 36 days. The hatchlings are about 28 g (1 oz) and 9 cm (3.8 in) long and are completely covered in white down.
-are brooded for about two weeks by the female
- fledging stage is reached at 25 to 34 days of age, though the offspring will return to the nest to be fed for up to 4 more weeks
- Eggs and nestlings are preyed on, rarely, by raccoons, crows as well as other competing Cooper's Hawks
**Take note that your hawks do not have to be of the Cooper's Hawk species.
