Saturday, 7 September 2024

[Maine-birds] Goshawk in Brooksville

Wow--big day here. Yesterday  Watched a largish  hawk land on our lampost and am 98% sure it was an American Goshawk--an adult male.  .   We have resident Sharp Shinned and Cooper's hawks since we have very "target rich" environment due to our bird feeders--but this bird was substantially bigger had the fine gray  barring on his chest. Today it seemed a juvenile was here--white supercillium very distinctively.  Possible it was an immature  Cooper's but seemed subtantially bigger and had a fiercer attitude--kind of like an alpha predator.    Will try to get decent picture if he comes back.  Believe it to be a juvenile.

Bob Knight

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