TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

Juvenile Cooper's Hawk Cooper's Hawk- Accipiter cooperii Cooper's Hawk-Accipiter cooperii, Order FALCONIFORMES - Family ACCIPITRIDAE - Subfamily Accipitrinae. I found this beautiful bird on a local street in Hamilton, Ohio. Looks like a first-year juvenile Cooper's Hawk. (Photo: July 28, 2004, Canon EOS 1D Mark II digital camera with 180mm f/3.5 L lens and MT-24EX Macro Twin Lite Ringlite Flash) For More Species Info: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Coopers_Hawk_dtl.html

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Photos Copyright R. Hays Cummins. Authorization required. For permission, contact bigbendwildlands@gmail.com

Sources of species identification and other amazing info include (1) Cornell Lab of Ornithology--a fantastic site; (2)Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Peterson Field Guide Series, Fifth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company; (3) The National Audubon Society's Sibley Guide to Birds and (4) Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Third Edition, National Geographic, Washington, D.C.