Two Goshawks
by Roy Pedersen
Title
Two Goshawks
Artist
Roy Pedersen
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Art
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Two Goshawks by Roy Pedersen. www.roypedersenphotography.com The Goshawk is a Raptor the same as Eagles, Buzzards and Harriers. It is large hawk, almost reaching buzzard size. When seen close to it has a fierce expression with bright red eyes and a distinctive white eyebrow. Its broad wings enable it to hunt at high speed, weaving in and out of trees, and its long legs and talons can catch its prey in flight. The female is substantially larger than the male. They look like a large Sparrowhawk, but in fact the female Goshawk is about the size of a Buzzard and the male Goshawk is slightly bigger than a female Sparrowhawk.
Both sexes have close horizontally barred underparts and a broadly barred grey tail. The broad whitish eyebrows (supercilia) and piercing orange-yellow eyes make the Goshawk evil-looking. The cere (flesh at the base of the bill) is greenish-yellow and the legs are yellow.
The male (or tercel) is smaller than the female and has a dark patch behind the eye that makes it appear even more fearsome. The female (or falcon) is browner than the male and is the heaviest bird of the genus Accipiter.
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March 5th, 2017
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