Greetings all -
A quick addendum to this morning's post of the Edgewater State Park/Battery Park (Cleveland) hawkwatch/passerine watch from Sunday, April 10th. Quick-trigger Dave Galvin and Dane Adams shot a string of photos of the stunning immature Northern Goshawk that passed over Edgewater (just overhead). **THESE PHOTOS constitute the only photos of Northern Goshawk ever taken in Northeast Ohio. Ever meaning there is no other existing photographical documentation).**
Northern Goshawk, while a regular migrant in OH (mostly northern half of the state, particularly along the lakefront) in spring and rarely in fall, this powerful raptor (which is nearly a cross between an accipiter and a buteo) is nowhere near as "regular" as one may think. Large female Cooper's Hawks often throw hopeful observers for a loop. They are a rare bird in Ohio, indeed.
Another Northern Goshawk was recorded during the mass movement on the 10th - from Leidy, Bacik et. al from the Malek Park, Conneaut hawkwatch (and two Swainson's Hawks to boot).
In Dane's photos, note the immature Gos's beastly proportions (heavy chest, neck, overall body build and broad wings), large white supercilium, fine streaking onto the undertail coverts, sharp constrast of pattern on the face (Cooper's can be very smudgy brown), long thick tail, and unique streaking on the underparts. On the top of the wing, note the pale "stripe" that runs along the coverts (not always noticeable in the field).
photos:
blog link: http://www.jenbrumfield.com/?page_id=384
Best of birding-Jen
Jen Brumfield
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Cleveland, Ohio
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