Cooper's hawk
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Cooper's hawk
1820–30, named after William Cooper (died 1864), American ornithologist
Example Sentences
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Parham Pourahmad watched the last rays of sunlight highlight a young Cooper’s hawk eating a squirrel.
From BBC • Oct. 8, 2024
Instead of the sparrows, ravens, common pigeons and a Cooper’s hawk the bird watchers spotted in Boyle Heights, the manicured lawns and mature trees of San Marino bristled with a very different assortment of birds.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2023
The Cooper’s hawk poster child, “Blue E-V,” who Deal calls “Old Blue,” has raised young for 11 years in the same North Seattle nest, raising 41 youngsters “and counting.”
From Seattle Times • May 11, 2022
And many times, since the pandemic struck, in his own backyard, where in May, a Cooper’s hawk took a bath he documented.
From Washington Times • Oct. 25, 2020
A migrating Cooper’s hawk dropped into the nearby woods for the night.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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