Saturday, September 22, 2018

Goshawk sightings 2018

NG sightings up until Sept.22-2018

Heed this- 1 Turkey Vulture perched on Best Road -Skagit County. January 14.
1 NG in flight over Memorial Hwy near Avon Allen Road.

3/3/18 Anacortes- 1 male NG, circling far away- naked eye. Bright sun, cold-light breeze.

3/8/18 Anacortes- Sky Line Marina.1 mature female NG,fighting 20 m.p.h. winds, at about 150 feet altitude.

3/11/18 Anacortes- 1 NG soaring- observation time about 2 minutes.

3/12/18 1 mature female NG- Smiley’s Bottom, Anacortes. The hawk was in flight directly overhead at about 100 feet altitude.

3/15/18 1 NG , in tight circles. Altitude of bird about 1-2 thousand feet. Observation time 3 minutes. Smiley’s Bottom, Anacortes. Naked eye - bright sun.

3/16/18 1 male NG, ripping and far away. Naked eye- 3 second look. Smiley’s Bottom, Anacortes.

7/28/18 1 male NG soaring and 1 perched Bank Swallow-Satterly Road and Similk Bay, Anacortes.

A female Cooper’s Hawk is in the area of Saint Mary Church, Anacortes. Observed 3 times in flight in July.

8/12/18 1 female NG, naked eye, at 1-2 thousand feet altitude and going into clouds, Saint Mary Church, Anacortes. 2:30 P.M.

8/17/18 1 female NG, in
 Flight and going to perch. Saint Mary Church, Anacortes. Now the NG season has started and will last until June 2019.

8/26/18 1 female NG, naked eye. The hawk was fighting a strong wind and no doubt went down into Grand Cemetery, next to Saint Mary Church.

8/27/18 1 NG, circling and drifting over my house, at 200 feet altitude,observation time 2 minutes, naked eye. I live very near Saint Mary Church. On the first of Sept. is when the NG will come into full force.