a.m. and p.m. NG

15 April 11 a.m.- Fern Hill Cemetery. 1 NG- circling over and over again over a large area of the Rt 20 and Gibralter Road area. Also- 1:30 p.m.- Pioneer Trails RV Park- 1 NG, probably perched. The bird was a male, as it flew away with a thick, white terminal band. The tail was folded. The tail was V-notched (asymetrical). My only sighting of NG with V-notched tail in 19 years of observing NG.

NG doubles

9 April 1:30 p.m. Anacortes- 2 NG soaring over RT 20 and Gibralter Road area. This area is composed of the quarry on Gibralter Road; the Fern Hill Cemetery on Rt 20 and Pioneer Trails RV Park off of Rt 20. Then dropping off of the steep hillside is Similk Bay and the Similk Bay Golf Course. This area is but a small area, within a much larger area, in which NG hunt.

4 April- return to Anacortes

5 April- 1:30 p.m. near Fernhill Cemetery (Anacortes). 1 NG soaring.
I have just returned from Tucson making it 22 months of observing NG in city limits and just beyond- starting in winter 2000-01. Again, I have observed polymorphic NG in Tucson. These hawks have red vermiculation on chest, belly, and under wing coverts.
I also made a side trip to San Diego to be with visiting relatives. NG were observed on 3 daily occasions. One soaring over Lego Land in Carlsbad. One gliding over the Museum of Natural History, and then perched in an open snag. This hawk was glassed- a mature female. And at the start of the Dolphin Exhibit at Sea World- a female NG was flapping and gliding toward the crowd.

Heading toward Anacortes

2 April 6:30 p.m. Yreka, CA - 1 kettle of T.V. (50). Temps were in the 40's with predicted low of 29 at night. Winds were light with occasional strong gusts. 3 April 2:50 p.m.- Blue Ox RV Resort- Rt 5 Albany, OR. - 1 immature Northern Goshawk (NG) male- slowly circling. the hawk had a square-tip tail. Observation time- 3 minutes.