goshawk

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• The goshawk's tail is long, but wider than those of the other accipiters; this is the best way to distinguish a Goshawk from a Cooper's Hawk.
• Critics say the bill threatens some of the most ecologically unique areas of the Tongass forest, namely karst limestone habitat, as well as two subspecies: the Queen Charlotte goshawk and the Alexander Archipelago wolf. Mongabay.com News
• The Tongass supports brown bear, wolverine, northern goshawk, marbled murrelet, marten, Sitka black-tailed deer, the Alexander Archipelago wolf, and healthy runs of five salmon species.
• The goshawk is a royal fowl, and is armed more with boldness than with claws, and as much as kind taketh from her in quantity of body, it rewardeth her with boldness of heart. Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus
• I've heard falconers say that a goshawk is like a loaded gun: you know it will go off but you don't know when. Country diary: Wenlock Edge
• The court heard that Hopkins, who has kept and bred falcons for 22 years, bought the goshawk after meeting a man at a falconry event.
• The observation that juvenile males disperse farther than juvenile females can be considered to be in line with the obviously common pattern of male-biased movements among juvenile birds in northern raptors, including goshawks.
• Similarly shaped raptors, such as peregrine falcons and goshawks, are adept at the agile pursuit and rapid capture of birds in flight.
• The goshawk dropped from its perch and shot straight at me, somehow streaking through the trees without stirring a branch.
• They weave through the tangled branches of the forest, zigging and zagging, the goshawk right on the thrush's tail, like a shadow.