28 August 10:30 A.M. Anacortes
1 NG circling and soaring and bothered by 2 swallows at about 200 feet elevation. The sighting was naked eye and was about 5 minutes duration, as the hawk drifted far away. This hawk was not in migration.
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Saturday, August 20, 2011
goshawks are back
20 August 12 P.M. Cap Sante Marina- Downtown Anacortes
1 NG circling over and over again at 150 feet elevation. Observation time 5 Minutes. Then circling at 400 feet elevation, observation time 5 minutes. So the NG are back, no, not really as they have not gone anywhere. Since I am now living near down town Anacortes, and I have an overview of the entire down town, I should be observing NG at 2 daily sightings per 7 days, at least.
1 NG circling over and over again at 150 feet elevation. Observation time 5 Minutes. Then circling at 400 feet elevation, observation time 5 minutes. So the NG are back, no, not really as they have not gone anywhere. Since I am now living near down town Anacortes, and I have an overview of the entire down town, I should be observing NG at 2 daily sightings per 7 days, at least.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Goshawks Tucson
3 August 2011
I just called Tim Snow- Biologist Tucson Game and Fish, concerning my 7 photos of 3 different goshawks in Tucson 2010-11. Tim stated that he certainly thought that the photos show 2 goshawks. The photos from Craycroft, and the photos from S. Kolb Road. I have still decided not to post these photos.
I just called Tim Snow- Biologist Tucson Game and Fish, concerning my 7 photos of 3 different goshawks in Tucson 2010-11. Tim stated that he certainly thought that the photos show 2 goshawks. The photos from Craycroft, and the photos from S. Kolb Road. I have still decided not to post these photos.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
another gos Anacortes
8 June 4 P.M.- Mt. Erie School -Anacortes
1 NG circling over and over again. If it was a male , it was long winged, or medium winged. The sighting was naked -eye. Since I am now living in Anacortes and have great visibs, I am expecting, when the nesting season is over, to garner an average of at least 1 NG sighting per every 3 days. And will be expecting doubles, and triples of Goshawk!
1 NG circling over and over again. If it was a male , it was long winged, or medium winged. The sighting was naked -eye. Since I am now living in Anacortes and have great visibs, I am expecting, when the nesting season is over, to garner an average of at least 1 NG sighting per every 3 days. And will be expecting doubles, and triples of Goshawk!
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Now a full- time resident
6 June 6:45 A.M. Saint Mary's Church
1 male Goshawk being attacked and chased at 200 feet elevation. The hawk was mature. The attacker was a crow.
Then at 4:30 P.M. - 1 male NG, same location. A better look would have confirmed that the hawk had no white terminal band.
This was my second day of living in the area , as now I am a full-time resident of the city limits of Anacortes, WA. I realize this was a somewhat lucky sighting. Northern goshawks are nesting
near-by, and I did not expect to make many observations of this species, and then only the male. Very few sightings can be expected during June, July, and the first half of August. So, my days of hawking at Pioneer Trails RV Park (PTRVP) are over. My new location takes in all of the down town area of Anacortes, and the snow- capped mountains of B.C.
1 male Goshawk being attacked and chased at 200 feet elevation. The hawk was mature. The attacker was a crow.
Then at 4:30 P.M. - 1 male NG, same location. A better look would have confirmed that the hawk had no white terminal band.
This was my second day of living in the area , as now I am a full-time resident of the city limits of Anacortes, WA. I realize this was a somewhat lucky sighting. Northern goshawks are nesting
near-by, and I did not expect to make many observations of this species, and then only the male. Very few sightings can be expected during June, July, and the first half of August. So, my days of hawking at Pioneer Trails RV Park (PTRVP) are over. My new location takes in all of the down town area of Anacortes, and the snow- capped mountains of B.C.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Gos male
16 May 2:30 P.M. PTRVP
1 Gos circling at about 5,000 feet elevation. The hawk had a square-tip tail. Circling well below was a very dark Red-tailed Hawk. Then another Red-tailed Hawk was circling below the goshawk. The Gos was in line, above the RED-tail but I think close enough to size the gos, as a male. Observation time 4 minutes.
1 Gos circling at about 5,000 feet elevation. The hawk had a square-tip tail. Circling well below was a very dark Red-tailed Hawk. Then another Red-tailed Hawk was circling below the goshawk. The Gos was in line, above the RED-tail but I think close enough to size the gos, as a male. Observation time 4 minutes.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Deception Pass Gos
10 May 2:30 P.M. Goose Rock - Deception Pass State Park
1 male NG, circling, and flapping. During 1 hour of hawk watching- 2 Red-tailed Hawks, 1 Bald Eagle, and 5 T.V.
1 male NG, circling, and flapping. During 1 hour of hawk watching- 2 Red-tailed Hawks, 1 Bald Eagle, and 5 T.V.
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