Description
Brian Millsap presents findings from a long-term study of the life history of Cooper’s hawks in Albuquerque from 2011–2025. Cooper’s hawks are widespread in residential areas of Albuquerque, where they thrive on abundant white-winged dove populations, but are also subject to many threats. Explore survival, breeding, migration, and the major differences in life history between male and female Cooper’s hawks, as well as prospects for their survival in the city.
Brian Millsap has BS, MS, and PhD degrees in biology and is currently a senior research scientist in the Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Ecology at New Mexico State University, where he studies Cooper’s hawks, American kestrels, burrowing owls, and golden eagles. Millsap has published over 100 scientific papers on raptors and has led a long-term study of Cooper’s hawks in Albuquerque, New Mexico, since 2011.