Showing posts with label Goshawks of Houston. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Goshawks of Houston. Show all posts

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Goshawks of Houston

My many sightings of Goshawks in Kemah, and my single sightings in other areas- which might be called by goshawks as "nearby", even though they are 5 miles apart- such as the Houston Cruise Line and the Bacliff area, do not suggest that there are 3 female and 1 male in this contiguous area. I have never been able to get into position where I was beneath the hawk in order to observe the tail-tip shape nor the width of the terminal band. With information from these 2 factors, I can form an opinion as to how many NG are in the Kemah area. As it stands now, I know the NG observed in Bacliff was mature female, but this is not enough information relating to the total picture. It is possible that there are 3 different mature female NG!