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Northern goshawk Falcon sale

Original price was: $1,250.00.Current price is: $540.00.

Falcons and Birds . The northern goshawk is a medium-large raptor in the family Accipitridae, which also includes other extant diurnal raptors, such as eagles, buzzards, and harriers.

 

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Northern goshawk Falcon sale

northern goshawk falcon for sale. Northern goshawk Falcon is a medium-large raptor in the family Accipitridae, which also includes other extant diurnal raptors, such as eagles, buzzards, and harriers. As a species in the genus Accipiter, the goshawk is often considered a “true hawk”.The scientific name is Latin; Accipiter is “hawk”, from accident, “to grasp”, and gentilis is “noble” or “gentle” because in the Middle Ages only the nobility was permitted to fly goshawks for falconry.

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This medium-sized bird of prey with its colorful eye and geometrically mottled feathers of black, grey and white is truly built for forest life. Its long tail and relatively shorter, broader wings are perfectly suited for flying safely through dense thickets of trees and maneuvering swiftly after fleeing prey.

Juvenile Northern Goshawks have pale yellow eyes, but the eye color of the adults varies a bit more. In North America, the goshawks tend to have bright red eyes, but in other parts of their range, the adults’ eyes are more often orange. But it isn’t only their eye color that differs across their range. European Northern Goshawks tend to have darker mottling on the breast than their North American counterparts, and those found in some far northern regions are more whitish overall.

Though normally shy and secretive, the Northern Goshawk will make itself known loud and clear when the safety of its nest and young in question. Famous for a vigorous denfense of its nest, this powerful bird of prey has been known to aggressively chase off animals much larger than itself – even humans – from the nest area.

Like many raptors, the Northern Goshawk uses a wide variety of flight patterns and styles. The Northern Goshawk typically uses a “flap, flap, glide” pattern common to many raptors. Also like many raptors, they do quite a bit of soaring while in migration. However, when this raptor is in pursuit of prey it can sustain horizontal flight up to 40 miles per hour!

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