Hawk binoculars

I have never seen so many Cooper's Hawks in all my years of birding as I have in the last five years since I moved into these suburbs outside of Chicago. My biologist friends tell me what I already know - the numbers of this very interesting hawk are on the rise. I have no doubt that our local suburban habitat with plenty of trees, parks and, of course, bird feeders - Cooper's eat mostly small birds and bird feeders offer a great place to hunt them - are a major contributing factor. If you are new to birding, you will want to get this hawk in your birding binocular, as the adult is quite handsome and truly the essence of a raptor in its bearing and appearance. With experience, you won't really need a binocular to identify a Cooper's, as their flight, behavior and silhouette are quite different from our other locally common hawk, the Red-tailed. For sure, if you have a hawk visiting your bird feeder, it is most likely a Cooper's, not a Red-tailed. A great resource for identifying these and other birds, not to mention some great info on all things bird, is the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, which we support as a sponsor, here at OpticsPlanet.

I'm loving my Leicas' They were a Christmas gift but the weather just hasn't been good enough to make full use. But now the days are getting longer and there is more than a whiff of spring in the air they are coming into their own. So my recommendation would be a nice pair of Leica Ultravid HD binoculars. (Posted by  info: 5:57 AM  )