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Adult Hawk - Look for:
- A hawk about crow-size
- Steely blue-gray (male) or dark brown (female) back
- White breast with fine rufous-colored bars
- Red eyes (or reddish orange)
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Adult Hawk - Look for:
- Squarish head (when hawk raises hackles)
- Very long tail and relatively short wings
- Tail with 4+ dark and light gray bars
- Tail feathers graduated in length (making tail appear round)
- White rounded tips on tail feathers
- Light-colored supraorbital ridge above eye
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Adult Hawk - How to find him:
- Look for the Cooper's hawk in early springtime, flying to the ground for sticks.
- Listen for his call "kek-kek-kek."
- Be alert for the cry of other birds when he is near.
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Juvenile Hawk - Look for:
- Dark brown back with white patches
- White breast with fine brown streaks, often ending in tear-drop shape
- Long barred tail and short wings
- Rounded tail feathers tipped with white
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Juvenile Hawk - Look for:
- Squarish head (when alert)
- Yellow eyes
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Adult Hawk - Watch for:
- a black "cap" or "beret"
- a pale nape, accentuating the cap
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