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http://jackiefreemanphotography.com/goshawk.htm

 

 

For those of you who don't know what at least a female goshawk looks like. The males are smaller (not by much) and have blue/gray on their backs and a dark blue "cap" and light gray thinly barred underneath. I have never seen them together.And only recently had I seen two different female goshawks in the same field together. None the less the crows booked and never to return with at least one female stalking them!



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Cool pic's,

 

Had a Red Tail come in and grab a downed bird out of our set ups. This has actually happened a couple times to us. Another time we had a Red Tail go for one of our decoys, he pulled away at last second when I made a movement to scare it off.



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BUZZ
Just last Saturday, I had a hawk come in and try to take on of my decoys, but when he grabbed it, he dropped it immediately. I guess he thought someone overcooked the crow decoy. At least he didn't carry it off and keep it in its nest as a toy.

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wow what a beautiful bird!

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On eday long after the pheasant hunters had now pursued the deer and I stubbornly went to the area anyways (now all grassed over) and I kept hearing something fly low over my head every time i blew the death cry of a crow on my mouth call call. Anyways it landed where i had the crow decoys and examined them somewhat puzzled. It spotted my :victim" on the ground and flew at it and then returned to the low bush eventually flying off..it was a male goshawk.  never had one attack my decoys before. Sharp shinned hawks with no hope in hell of grabbing a healthy adult crow would routinely buzz the crow decoys and more so the owl but if I had a 'buster 2 " in the field that got a lot of attention not grabbing it at the very last split second.

 Red tailed hawks have grabbed crows time and again  that were downed but not yet dead. This would bring in crows right over the set up as the hawk took off for the depth of the forest to escape their wrath. And the crows will grab and peck at any hawk trying to eat one of their comrades.If they can kill the hawk and they will try-all the better.this is not game of bluff and harass. death is quite possible.



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