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Goshawk
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu, PiephoffT@aol.com
- Subject: Goshawk
- From: Bpworthing@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 11:43:41 EDT
- CC: bglvr@CLEMSON.EDU
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Heads up everybody! At 11;15 AM today (9/20) an adult Northern Goshawk glided
over our back yard, on light northwesterly winds, headed almost due South.
The bird was about 50 - 80 feet abiove the tree line (@ 50'), and the
gray-white-gray pattern was clearly visible to the naked eye. The stout,
semi-rounded shape of the wings eliminated a male Northern harrier, even in a
glide, and the bird was larger, heavier bodied and headed than any harrier.
Coloration and size eliminated Cooper's. This is awfully early for a Goshawk
this far South (I believe there is only one accepted SC record, no photo or
specimen), but keep your eyes open, we are due for a Goshawk year!
Pete Worthington, Simpsonville, SC