A rare hawk at Riverain Park
February 1st, 2009
This fellow came and went almost before I knew what was going on.
He's a juvenile Northern Goshawk, a large accipiter (bird-eating hawk) that is seldom seen in Ottawa. While his smaller relatives hunt songbirds, he goes in for grouse and waterfowl, plus the occasional medium-sized mammal. He whizzed by at Riverain Park and swooped low over the river, trying for one of the ducks (who promptly dove underwater to escape.) Needless to say this took me by surprise, and I only managed the one shot before he flew out of sight.
Trivia o' the day, courtesy of All About Birds: Attila the Hun wore an image of a Northern Goshawk on his helmet.
February 1st, 2009
This fellow came and went almost before I knew what was going on.
He's a juvenile Northern Goshawk, a large accipiter (bird-eating hawk) that is seldom seen in Ottawa. While his smaller relatives hunt songbirds, he goes in for grouse and waterfowl, plus the occasional medium-sized mammal. He whizzed by at Riverain Park and swooped low over the river, trying for one of the ducks (who promptly dove underwater to escape.) Needless to say this took me by surprise, and I only managed the one shot before he flew out of sight.
Trivia o' the day, courtesy of All About Birds: Attila the Hun wore an image of a Northern Goshawk on his helmet.
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