Hi Tweeters,
I was with Tracee on Spencer when we saw the Goshawk? and for sure it
was not a Peregrine. It was definitely an accipter and it was very
large. It was quite high and soaring away from us and so the look we
got was not quite satisfactory but the bird was definitely barred
underneath, not streaked and it was gray with no rufous. A Goshawk
would be a life bird for me and I am always reluctant to list a lifer
without positive ID and so I will have to wait for another day to mark
this species off my list. But still the feelings I have are that this is
not a bird I've seen before and that there was definitely something
different about it from any Cooper's Hawk I've ever seen. Its one I
would like to see again to confirm my ID.

Yvonne
Everett, Wa
ravenn at premier1.net
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> Any chance it could have been an immature Peregrine? A couple other birders
> and I saw one out there over Labor Day weekend. It was perched on a snag,
> and a No. Harrier came down and chased it off, and the two of them circled
> around overhead swooping at each other until they were out of sight. Quite
> a show!