Hawking anacortes

7 April 4 P.M. Anacortes
All within 5 minutes of 20 minutes of hawk watching. 3 Balds soaring with 2 Peregrine soaring high over them. Then a Merlin came ripping through at 200 feet elevation.

Goshawk doubles at Unknown

4 April 11: 30 A.M. Anacortes
1 male NG circling in hunting mode at about 300 feet elevation. The hawk had a very slightly rounded tail-tip. Observation time about 5 minutes. Then at same area 1 female NG was circling and went to 500 feet elevation. Observation time another 5 minutes. At one point both hawks could be observed, together. I departed the area with the female yet circling. The area is called "unknown".

NG Anacortes

30 March 1 P.M. Downtown Anacortes
1 NG circling over Anacortes at about 150 feet elevation. The hawk was in hunting mode.

One goshawk

25 March 12:45 P.M. St. Mary Church
1 NG circling, flapping, and drifting at 200 feet elevation. Observation time about 90 seconds. I wonder what Mr. Dennis Paulson would think. I think he should stick to his museum samples.

Male NG

10 February 3 P.M. St. Mary's Church - Anacortes
1 male NG rapidly flapping and gliding onto the top of a 75 foot tall tree. This is another example of how I shine when it comes to NG observations and identification, especially in cities and suburbs.

1 male NG-

13 January 2012 4:30 P.M. Anacortes

1 male NG -steady pumping and gliding at about 250 feet elevation. The hawk was not-quite ripping through the sky. The hawk was coming from Anacortes, CITY.

Merlin in flight

10 November 3 P.M. Anacortes
1 Pete Dunne " Harley- Davidson motorcycle" Merlin ripping through Aancortes. Merlin (were-are) nesting very near the downtown. As are goshawks living and hunting within cities and suburbs, so are Merlins.