Goshawk - Accipiter gentilis

Description

• Dark blue back, black crown, pale underside barred with gray
• White eyebrow streak is a distinguishing mark
• Immatures are brown above and streaked below

Size

• Length: 20-26" (51-66 cm)
• Wingspan: 42" (1.1 m)

Range

• Forrest, farmland, and woodland edges, though during winter can be seen in open country
• Alaska, MacKenzie, Northern Quebec, and Newfoundland south to New England, Michigan, and New Mexico with sparse populations from the Appalachians to Maryland.
• Winters south to Virginia and Northern Mexico

Diet

• Medium-sized birds and mammals

Voice

• "Kak-Kak-Kak-Kak"
• Scream that rises then descends in pitch

Nesting

• Large platform of sticks lined with evergreen leaves in a tree 20-60 ft above ground
• Lay 3-5 pale blue eggs
• Eggs incubate for 36-38 days
• Fledgelings leave the nest at 45 days after hatching

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