Hawks: Part VII

The Northern Goshawk is a rare hawk with a fairly large range. It can be found coast to coast in the Northern US States, the Southwest, Western Canada, and Alaska.

It's preferred habitat is forests that can provide cover as it searches for prey including grouse, rabbits, and squirrels.

The most reliable place in the Southwest to find the Northern Goshawk is Miller Canyon where it has nested for several years.

The first photo is a male very high up in a tree about 100 yards from the nest:

Here is the nest, again very high up in a tree. The nest was deep so the female was rarely seen:

The male seemed agitated by the presence of humans around the nest, so I didn't stay: