juvenile cooper hawk icy tree branch accipiter cooperii

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$Juvenile Cooper\'s Hawk on Icy Tree Branch - Accipiter cooperii Royalty Free Stock Photo$

$Juvenile Cooper\'s Hawk on Icy Tree Branch 7 - Accipiter cooperii Royalty Free Stock Photo$

$Juvenile Cooper\'s Hawk on Icy Tree Branch 3 - Accipiter cooperii Royalty Free Stock Photo$

$Juvenile Cooper\'s Hawk on Icy Tree Branch 4 - Accipiter cooperii Royalty Free Stock Photo$

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Juvenile Cooper's Hawk on Icy Tree Branch 3 - Accipiter cooperii

$Juvenile Cooper\'s Hawk on Icy Tree Branch 2 - Accipiter cooperii Royalty Free Stock Photo$

$Juvenile Cooper\'s Hawk on Icy Tree Branch 6 - Accipiter cooperii Royalty Free Stock Photo$

Cooper's hawk (Accipiter cooperii) is a medium-sized hawk native to the North American continent and found from southern Canada to Mexico. Juveniles of the species are generally dark brown above, though the feathers are not infrequently edged with rufous to cinnamon and have a variable whitish mottling about the back, wing coverts and, mainly, the scapulars. Juvenile Cooper's tend to have streaking or washing of tawny on the cheeks, ending in a light nuchal strip, giving them a hooded appearance unlike the capped appearance of adults. The crown is brown on juveniles rather than blackish as in adults. The tail is similar to that of the adult but more brownish and sometimes shows an additional fourth band. The juvenile has more pale white to cream base color showing than older birds, with variable dusky throat striping and mid-brown streaks, which appear as sharply defined from about the lower throat to the lower breast.