On Wednesday May 10 at 2:02 PM an adult goshawk landed on my feeder bar. Full frontal view...pale gray. It was there for 45 seconds, then hopped to my left and faced away from me. Distances 20-22 ft. Several points: Of course the pale gray was in contrast to my usual (not seen in 3-4 months), Cooper's hawk ("Gary"). The book calls the bird "bulky." Indeed, the chest circumference was much greater than a Cooper's. Circumference tapered down to abdomen and below. Same takeoff and landing pattern as Cooper's. Goshawk is indeed longer, but seemingly not much more than the Cooper's. The red eye seems quite near to the bill.
The bird looked around for the time he was here, didn't find anything of interest. Other feeder birds were back within two minutes.
At 5:30 PM May 10 a green-tailed towhee appeared on the ground. It was here until mid-day 5-11.
Karl Stecher
Centennial/Arapahoe near Colorado Blvd and Orchard
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