Re: Turkey Point - 10/12 + ID ?
Marcia Watson-Whitmyre (mww@UDel.Edu)
Mon, 12 Oct 1998 13:29:48 -0400
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Leslie Fisher wrote:
> Also, possible Goshawk? Any thoughts?
> Accipiter length tail, long , straight and squared at end.
> Very bulky body, easily 2x size small Sharpie
> Massive & broad wings, almost buteo like, but crooked forward at the
> elbow, giving the typical head impression of an accipiter.
> Wingbeats were slow and deliberate.
> Bird was seen in profile, several glasses above the horizon, and at some
> distance.
Les, a few years back, I had hanging around my yard an adult Goshawk that
had escaped from a falconer . One characteristic I learned to watch for is
a rowing action of the wings when the bird is seen in profile: it looks
like the bird reaches forward, then back, on every wingbeat. Very
powerful. Also the eye stripe and black cap of an adult should be visible
in profile. Does this sound like your bird? Marcia
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