That bird in question actually appears to be a young Sharp-shinned Hawk, which can show the pale supercilium and white patches on the back, but not to the extent of a Northern Goshawk. Also note the small rounded head, bulky body shape, and lemon yellow eye. See the post I started in the ABA’s “What’s this Bird?” Facebook group for more discussion. Brian Tinker On Sat, Feb 3, 2018 at 7:08 AM Haans Petruschke <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi, > > Yesterday on the Geauga County Wildlife Facebook page, there were a series > of photos with a request for ID help. The bird in question was a sub-adult > Northern Goshawk. The photos are the best I have ever seen of a Goshawk in > the Cleveland Region. > > Given the large tracts of forest in Lake, and Geauga Counties, Goshawks > while still rare, do show up here. They are a bird of deep woods habitat > that is seldom visited by those interested in listing. Goshawks are well > documented nesters on the Allegheny Plateau of northwestern Pennsylvania > and that geography extends into Ohio. So their occurence here in > appropriate habitat is not unexpected. > > This particular bird was found in Burton and along the upper Cuyahoga river > which runs south through that area. > > Haans > > < > https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon > > > Virus-free. > www.avast.com > < > https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link > > > <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Please consider joining our Society, at > www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]