ML393356981
Contributor
Date
Location
- Age and sex
- Adult, Unknown sex - 1
- Behaviors
- Flying
- Sounds
- Call
- Playback
- Playback not used
Media notes
BirdNET saye that the singing bird is a Scarlet Tanager.
Observation details
GOSHAWK!!! An adult came swooping through the forest along the left side of the loop; giving alarm calls all the way. Did not fly very close and passed overhead only once. Wondered whether it was the female. This is a lifer, but it was a bigger hawk than I was expecting. We did not go any further down the trail after the territorial display. Turned around and, as we made our way back to the straight away, it reappeared a couple of times, calling too, but stayed further away each time. It kept itself out of sight most of the time. We may have heard begging calls from the immature goshawk once, but they were distant. Recorded calls but it was never in a place where we could try for a pic. Really white and fluffy undertail coverts, legs appeared feathered, heavily but finely horizontal barred front (Jim and I both saw brown, not gray), thick white supercillium, thick tail that was mostly white underneath, gray back and gray underside of wings (at least in the low light of the forest). Flapping appeared stiff but was silent and quick.
Technical information
- Recorder
- iPhone 12 Mini Voice Memos
- Microphone
- Edutige EIM-001 Omnidirectional Microphone for iPhone
- Accessories
- Edutige EWS-003 Furry Windscreen
- Original file size
- 1.87 MB