Thursday last week, as I was biking to work I saw a large bird in a tree that I assumed must be a bald eagle (based on size from a distant).  As I got closer I noticed the shape was all wrong and it looked like a Cooper's hawk (juvenile)...but, it was too big and it had a distinct supercilium.  I got some mediocre photos and tonight I finally had a chance to look at them and look at Sibley to confirm my earlier suspicions (I am not used to considering goshawks, though this would be my 2nd one at BARC since 2008).  Am I just lucky to see 2 in 2+ years or are goshawks more common (becoming more common?) than the Yellow Book suggests? 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/33230079@N05/


Michel Cavigelli
Greenbelt