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Southern California, Cooper`s Hawks hunts smaller birds in flight or from cover of dense vegetation, relying on surprise.

Cooper`s Hawks capture prey from cover or while flying quickly through dense vegetation, relying almost totally on surprise. Cooper`s hawks prey almost exclusively on small to midsized birds, like American robins, jays, woodpeckers, pigeons and doves and other smaller raptors, including their cousin the sharp-shinned hawk.