On Wednesday May 10 at 2:02 PM an adult goshawk landed on my feeder bar.
Full frontal view...pale gray. It was there for 45 seconds, then hopped to
my left and faced away from me. Distances 20-22 ft. Several points: Of
course the pale gray was in contrast to my usual (not seen in 3-4 months),
Cooper's hawk ("Gary"). The book calls the bird "bulky." Indeed, the
chest circumference was much greater than a Cooper's. Circumference
tapered down to abdomen and below. Same takeoff and landing pattern as
Cooper's. Goshawk is indeed longer, but seemingly not much more than the
Cooper's. The red eye seems quite near to the bill.
The bird looked around for the time he was here, didn't find anything of
interest. Other feeder birds were back within two minutes.
At 5:30 PM May 10 a green-tailed towhee appeared on the ground. It was
here until mid-day 5-11.
Karl Stecher
Centennial/Arapahoe near Colorado Blvd and Orchard
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