Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Goshawk sighting 2017

April 3- 2017  Daily walk NG. 1 female NG., soaring and flapping, Anacortes. Observation time about 4 minutes.

4/7 Female Cooper’s- 3 second look- at a dark , fairly large accipiter was diving between buildings, cold winds of 25 miles per hour or more.

August 20- Mature female NG, flapping and gliding to perch on top of tall evergreen. Then hawk went soaring , flapping and circling. Observation time - 3 or 4 minutes. Naked eye - Saint Mary’s Church, Anacortes.

August 21- One female NG, flapping and gliding, Saint Mary’s Church (SMC).

Oct. 31- near SMC, 1 male NG, in flight and perched on very top of tall evergreen tree.

Oct. 8- 1 NG soaring at 200 feet altitude, Mount Erie School, Anacortes. Probably female, observation time, 2 minutes.

Nov. 17 - down the hill at Mike’s house- a previous posting.

Dec. 10-  a female NG soaring and drifting over my house- about 200 feet altitude. Bright sun - no wind. Now on to 2018- on another posting.

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