This very large Accipiter was photographed by me at the
Halff Brothers Ranch
near Pearsall, Frio County, Texas in the early afternoon of April
26, 2005. I got a much better (closer) look than these poor photos
convey, as it was just getting into a thermal when I found it,
and I was able to see most of the distinguishing features of a
first- Spring Northern Goshawk Accipiter
gentilis, prior to digging out my buried camera
from the car - and by the time I relocated it in my camera it
was at least twice as far away, rising quickly in the thermal:
