Re: Turkey Point - 10/12 + ID ?
Harry Fisher (fish8553@dpnet.net)
Mon, 12 Oct 1998 23:18:27 -0400
Marcia Watson-Whitmyre wrote:
> 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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The bird was much too far off to pick up eye stripe/ cap on head. Thx for good tip on wing
beat. Les.