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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AlexC" data-source="post: 1588700" data-attributes="member: 27416">I'm sorry, I don't care what Sibley's map says; this is clearly NOT a Goshawk.The "fine gray barring" you're talking about is seen in adult goshawks. First, comparing to the dark gray/blue mantle, the barring is chestnuty/rufous (particularly contrasting in Pic2 - both seem to be equally overexposed). Second-of-ly, the undertail is clearly and distinctly barred, as seen in Pic3 (below). Adult goshawks, with this fine chest barring you mention, have almost uniform-colored undertails - Sibley uses the words "weakly barred," but as you can see from this picture of an adult goshawk...<a href="http://sdakotabirds.com/species/photos/northern_goshawk2.jpg" target="_blank">http://sdakotabirds.com/species/photos/northern_goshawk2.jpg</a>...very different than Pic3 of our bird. That link also just displays the different GIS given from a Northern Goshawk vs. the smaller Accipiters.I would agree that this is an adult Coop, based on what seem to be graduated primaries evidenced in Pic1.Ahhh... I've missed the ID forum!</blockquote>