Sunday 22 September 2013

NORTHERN GOSHAWK

One of the three North American Accipiters .

Accipiter genitilis
Accipiter = bird of prey
genitilis = noble
Collins call it "The Lord of the Great northern Forest"
 

Goshawk comes from Anglo-Saxon = Goose Hawk

Length 19 - 23 inches
46 - 62 cm.
Wingspread 39 - 43 inches
98 - 115 cm.
These photos were taken September 4, 2013. I had the good fortune of a clean wind-shield on the truck. Hawk migration has been advertised now (end of third week of September) for Hawk Ridge in Duluth, Minn. in the local media and Google Alerts.

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