Goshawk skydance pictures (1 Viewer)

[Espen]

i took these pictures of a pair of gos skydancing yesterday and i think they are quite interesting. the pictures are not ideal but they were very far away and my point and shoot camera didn't cope very well!


cheers

Espen

 

[KenM]

I think they're quite instructive as they show how long and almost 'pointy' winged they can appear dependant on flight mode. Accipters as a group in my experience probably have the most 'variable' of wing postures, compared to other BOP groups, and are often glimpsed by most of us at these sort of distances.

 

[Stonefaction]

Hope you don't mind me adding a photo-montage of a recent sighting of a Goshawk (my first confirmed). The bird was very distant, so the photos are rather poor, but do show the variety of wing shapes as mentioned by KenM.

 

[KenM]

An extremely good montage Stonefaction! I think a lot of viewers might be surprised by those long 'pointys'......I can recall someone comparing that 'flight posture' as being like a small Lammergier.

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[Stonefaction]

There were a few times when the wings were fully stretched when I was reminded of the elliptical shape of a Spitfire's wing (WW2 fighter plane). Maybe wouldn't have been so apparent with better or closer views, but at the distances involved very distinctive and most unlike any other raptor I've seen, so far.