On Sat, 23 May 1998, Kelly Mcallister wrote:

>
> Interesting account. I guess I am a bit surprised that I
> never heard about it. Although the Department of Fish
> and Wildlife has worked hard developing a database of
> goshawk nest territories, we have zero for Kitsap
> County.

that's why I was skeptical. This guy's name was
Michael, I believe, and he's no longer there. I'll
have to root around a bit and see if Ican locate
him..I'm blanking on his last name at the moment..


>
> Goshawk nests are so rare on the Olympic Peninsula
> (and virtually unheard of in Puget Trough portions of Kitsap,
> Mason, and Pierce Counties) that it makes this story all the
> more worthy of being repeated over and over again,
> *if they were truly goshawks.*
>
yeah..anybody's guess on that one. I would love to
know that was true, but it really doesn't add up.
I mean, can you imagine an honest-to-Pete gos
nest that Bud Anderson or any of the raptorphiles
didn't know about? Michael told me that the Forest
Service was conducting a survey on goshawk nests
that was anchored at the Mt. Baker station and that
he would call them and ask if they tought it would
be okay for me to set up the Questar and observe..
he then told me they said no.. hm-mmmmm...

now there has been an occasional gos pass through..
Lanny told me he saw one at Mud Bay..ordinarily, I
would dismiss that as a maybe, except he's really good
at IDing accips and showed me up on Diamond Pt one
time how to do that at a distance by wing beat..so
it was very liely a gos..he thought passage bird..
probably for the reasons you mentioned..no known
nest sites around here...loggers took care of that.

if anyone on the list knows of a goshawk nest or
sighting around here I'd sure appreciate knowing about
it..

Tom