accipiters

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 * Accipiters have a rudder-like tail, and short rounded wings. Some examples of Accipiters are: Coopers hawks, Northern Goshawks, and Sharp-shinned hawks. **

**Coopers Hawk**



Coopers Hawks migrate in early October.
Sharp-Shinned Hawk



Sharp-Shinned hawks migrate in early october
Northern Goshawk





Links:
Sharp Shinned Facts

Cooper's Hawk

Northern Goshawk

Videos:
Coopers Hawk Eating Squirrell media type="youtube" key="AxTETvuas_E" height="315" width="560"

By : Will Yoh, Haki Mbele, Satch Baker , and Troy Gibbs-Brown
Troy's sharp-shinned hawk page

Troy Gibbs-Brown

My Story of a Hawk


 * //When I was six years old, my father and his friend took me to a park to play. What we did not anticipate was seeing a real live hawk hunt! Now, I'm not sure what type of hawk this was but it was both exciting and amazing to witness. The hawk was hunting a young squirrel who was trying so hard to get to his home tree. The only two trees the squirrel could run between did not have the cover it needed, however, they were close enough to each other that they provided the squirrel with options. So while on the tree, the squirrel would flatten its body as if it was trying to camoflauge itself from the hawk. While sitting on a branch above, the hawk seemed like it was looking everywhere else but at the squirrel. But when that squirrel would chance running across the grass towards another tree, the hawk would swoop in for the catch. The squirrels' only option was to stay attached to the tree and try to wait out the hawk. A crowd had gathered and began watching, as we were. These two, hunter and prey, were locked in a game of patience. Patience that outlasted most of the people watching. It began to get dark and neither animal had changed their position. The hawk sat in a branch, perched across from the tree that the squirrel was attached to. We had to leave because it had gotten too dark to see. This experience had me asking plenty of questions about raptors and hawks. So, to have the opportunity to see and learn about them is very exciting. Enjoy learning about the Sharp Shinned Hawk, as I did! //**