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Cooper’s Hawks in Madrona Woods and Seattle

From the original madronawoods.org, posted September 25, 2015. Archived as written. Some details, names and links may be out of date.

Photo: Cooper’s Hawks in Madrona Woods and Seattle

Madrona Woods has been home to a successful nesting pair of Cooper’s hawks for several years. They have fledged 5 young. They nest in the ravine above the haipin turn, where there are no trails. It turns out that there are lots of these hawks nesting in Seattle. See this report for details.