A majestic accipiter, the American goshawk (previously called the northern goshawk) rules from the forest trees. Learn how to ...

FEEDING: A voracious predator of squirrels, jays, flickers, rabbits, snowshoe hares, and songbirds, the goshawk relies on surprise as it flies from a perch or hedge-hops to catch its prey unaware.

Think Wild, Central Oregon’s wildlife hospital and conservation center, recently rescued a juvenile American goshawk after the bird became entangled in netting in a ...

Goshawk - Accipiter gentilis The large and powerful female is roughly the size of a buzzard with brown plumage, the smaller male has bluish-grey upperparts. Both have barred underparts.