TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

Cooper's Hawk Kill Cooper's Hawk- Accipiter cooperii These two amazing pictures where taken by Francoise May and sent to me by Alvin May, president of the Cincinnati Audubon Society of Ohio. This (what looks to be a juvenile) Cooper's hawk captured it's prey at Alvin and Francoise's Bird feeders!

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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.