[TN-Bird] No. Goshawk - Cackling and Ross's Geese - Memphis

Nov. 26, 2008
Shelby Farms, Colonial Golf Club
Shelby Co. TN
 
Today at Shelby Farms, I found the injured Ross's Goose that has been  
present for 2 weeks and its leg is much better. It has now attracted 3 Snow  
Geese 
for company. After all the geese moving for the past few nights and right  on 
time, 3 Cackling Geese have also appeared in with the resident Canada  Geese.
 
Later, I was visiting a friend at his home on the Colonial Country Club  golf 
course. He was not feeling well and was resting on his bed, next to a  
picture window looking out into some trees. He asked me what that big bird with 
 the 
long tail was but I could not see it from my view point. When I moved,  I 
found that an adult NORTHERN GOSHAWK was perched on a dead limb, in the sun  
and 
at eye level. He kept saying how big the bird was and how long the tail  
looked; I kept saying look at the white line over the eye and the black cross  
bars 
on its chest. After the bird flew, I measured the distance and  found the 
bird had been sitting just 85 feet from us. 
 
My friend is not a birder, I told him there were 3 accipiter species that  
could be seen around here and showed him that page in my field guide; he  
immediately pointed to the Goshawk and said that's it. I walked around  looking 
for 
the bird but was unsuccessful. I told them to keep an eye out and  call if it 
returned. It was by far the best look I've ever had of an  adult of this 
species, anywhere!!  
Good Birding  !!!

Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA
6300 Memphis-Arlington Road
Bartlett, TN  38135
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