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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ceasar" data-source="post: 1589613" data-attributes="member: 26155">Hi Alex,Most of the time I'm out of my league locking horns with you but it is always a learning experience!I used to see several Goshawks each year in the 1980's and 90's when the winters were colder.  I would, on occasion, run into them when I was hunting Grouse in the Scrub Oak woods we have around here.  There were more Grouse then, too.  It's quite an experience, I can tell you, to have one come busting through the brush about head high 15-20 feet or so in front of you!  With the warmer winters and my advancing age I have seen very few in the last 10 years.  I "think" I saw one this past February.  This winter promises to be colder and I hope we get to see a few before spring.  Cooper's are far more common here.  3 days ago when I was in my front yard one flew low over my head into the woods behind my house.  I could see it's barred tail with it's white tip and the dark rufous breast without the aid of binoculars.Bob</blockquote>