Thursday, 29 October 2009

Dancer on the wind: Northern Goshawk

Sunday, October 25 was a beautiful, clear morning with changing wind gusts. The wind seemed to make conditions perfect for a few raptors, namely Common Buzzards, Black-eared Kites and an Eastern Marsh Harrier. The highlight however, was this young Northern Goshawk that appeared overhead at a bird observatory. He dipped and dived, zoomed and swirled for what seemed to be almost a minute. Three delighted birders stood side by side with cameras drumming to his dance in the wind.....

















2 comments:

Stuart Price said...

Some beautiful shots there, my fave is the 2nd one down.......

Ayuwat Jearwattanakanok said...

Woww great flight shots!
Haven't seen any around here before...
but the Eurasian Sparrowhawks are quite common here.