. The book of birds : common birds of town and country and American game birds . Mf^. Coopers HawkMourning Do\e COOPERS HAWK (Accipiter cooperi) MOURNING DOVE (Zenaidura macroura) Length, about 15 inches. Medium sized, withlong tail and short wings, and without thewhite patch on rump which is characteristic ofthe marsh hawk. Range: Breeds throughout most of theUnited States and southern Canada; wintersfrom the United States to Costa Rica. Habits and economic status: The Coopershawk, or blue darter, as it is familiarlyknown throughout the South, is preeminentlya poultry and bird-eating species,
. The book of birds : common birds of town and country and American game birds . Mf^. Coopers HawkMourning Do\e COOPERS HAWK (Accipiter cooperi) MOURNING DOVE (Zenaidura macroura) Length, about 15 inches. Medium sized, withlong tail and short wings, and without thewhite patch on rump which is characteristic ofthe marsh hawk. Range: Breeds throughout most of theUnited States and southern Canada; wintersfrom the United States to Costa Rica. Habits and economic status: The Coopershawk, or blue darter, as it is familiarlyknown throughout the South, is preeminentlya poultry and bird-eating species, and its de-structiveness in this direction is surpassed onlyby that of its larger congener, the goshawk,which occasionally in autumn and winter entersthe United States from the North in greatnumbers. The almost universal prejudiceagainst birds of prey is largely due to the ac-tivities of these two birds, assisted by a third,the sharp-shinned hawk, which in habits andappearance might well pass for a small Coop-ers hawk. These birds usually approach undercover and drop upon unsuspe
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