Does anyone know if Cooper's Hawks reuse nests?

[CaraRose]

There's a good sized Cooper's hawk nest in the nature preserve I go to (I found out there were fledglings in in this last year). I was wondering if I should be checking on it come spring or if they normally don't reuse nests from year to year?

[PWhite214]

I decided to look on the internet and found this comment:

Cooper's hawks normally nest in the heavy forest, laying 2-5 eggs. Sometimes they will use an old squirrel or crow's nest.

From: http://www.illinoisraptorcenter.org/...de/cooper.html

So maybe they would reuse an old nest. I hope so.

Phil

[paulnj]

They do indeed use a good secure nest over if they are not bothered too much the prior year.