#goshawks

A brown goshawk (Tachyspiza fasciata) observes from a tree in Denmark, Western Australia

Virginia Wildlife; vol. 32, no. 4. April, 1971. Illustration by John W. Taylor.

Photo: Andrey Gulivanov

"A powerful predator of northern and mountain woods. Goshawks hunt inside the forest or along its edge; they take their prey by putting on short bursts of amazingly fast flight, often twisting among branches and crashing through thickets in the intensity of pursuit. In some years, perhaps when prey is scarce in the north, autumn invasions may bring Goshawks well to the south of their normal range in the east and into lowland valleys in the west."

Birds of the Russian Woods. Written by Ghennady Snegiryov. Illustrated by Valentin Fedotov. 1970.

Birds from Moidart and Elsewhere: Drawn from Nature. Written and illustrated by Jemima Blackburn. 1895.

Gos-hawk. Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935)

The Child's Picture Scrap Book. Containing Upwards of Four Hundred Illustrations by John Gilbert, J. D. Watson, Wolf, Coleman, etc. 1865.