The Northern Goshawk is a the largest bird of prey in the Accipiter family. The family includes Cooper's Hawks, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, and others. Their range includes much of the northern hemisphere.
Female Northern Goshawks are significantly larger than males. Both adults have white eye stripes and older birds develop red-orange eyes.
Goshawks are known for their extremely fierce territorial defense. They will visciously attack nest intruders, including humans or bears.
We just added four new Birdorable coloring pages for lots of cute coloring fun! Go to Coloring Pages to download the PDFs. You can visit the meet pages for each bird to check the colors: Eastern Screech Owl, Northern Goshawk, Barn Owl and Read more »
Today’s bird, and the 9th species in the Birdorable Bonanza, is the Northern Goshawk! Northern Goshawk by dracobotanicus Northern Goshawks are large Accipter birds of... Read more »
