"Gotcha!" #6 - Papa

So....what it’s like to spend time with unhappy, having the worst day of their life birds?

Beautiful hawk. I never seen one here where I live.

Ludo

Nice look back pose, Sandy. Good detail too. Living with a tracking device must be aggravating.

Ron, I think they get used to it quickly. It's in a place that does not affect flying, catching prey, or any other activities. I believe the information gained from it toward preserving this endangered bird is well worth a bit of initial aggravation on the part of the bird.
Sandy

Sandy R wrote:Ron, I think they get used to it quickly. It's in a place that does not affect flying, catching prey, or any other activities. I believe the information gained from it toward  preserving this endangered bird is well worth a bit of initial aggravation on the part of the bird.
Sandy

Thanks for the insight, Sandy!

What a great experience you had going to this goshawk nest Sandy.
Pretty cool that you got to see them collect the babies and band and put transmitters on them.
BTW this is not Papa.  This is one of the babies as seen by the down on the nare and it's tail is still growing in.
Not sure if the adults stuck around for long as every goshawk nest I have been to they've taken off and rarely come back until the danger is gone.
The adults, especially the male is a beautiful Blue-gray color on the back and has horizontal bars throughout the chest and legs.
Was this in Oregon?  Well done.
P.S.  They may have mentioned that this is a male and it probably is as they are the 1st to fledged from the nest But it's not the father.

Great looking Raptor beautiful image.

Wow, that is so cool. Nice shot of it. We seldom see these birds here. That must be part of the tracking device (long white wire) I see sticking out.