Juvinile Goshawk With Adult Markings (1 Viewer)

[Birdgirl42]

Today , whilst out birding , I had an amazing find , but i'm a bit puzzled! I heard a juvinile Goshawk call (sounds similair to a Common Buzzard). I rushed to where it was coming from and I spotted the bird in a tree. It was a large (female) Juvinile Goshawk , but I noticed how insted of verticle markings on the breast and belly , it was barred like an adult , but a bit patchy. The bold white supercilium was present. So what I saw was a Juvinile Goshawk with Adult Markings. Is it moulting into it's adult plumage , or just a brown adult Goshawk?
Thanks! o

 

[stevo]

Quite possibly,did you get a look at the eye colouring on the juvenile bird?

Cheers.

Steve.

 

[Tarsiger]

Would that be 2 or 3cy?
Russ

 

[Birdgirl42]

Quite possibly,did you get a look at the eye colouring on the juvenile bird?

Cheers.

Steve.

I didn't get to look a the eye colouring Thanks anyway!

 

[Birdgirl42]

Would that be 2 or 3cy?
Russ

I'm not sure , the back plumage was brown colour and it was quite light , compared to the pictures I have seen. The breast and belly was a buffish colour , but still more white than a juvinile. The barring was there but it did look a little patchy. The supercillium was already bold like that of an adult Goshawk. And , of course, it had a long , barred tail.

 

[Birdgirl42]

The other thing it could be is a brown adult Northern Goshawk , can Goshawks be variable in colour?

 

[Birdgirl42]

I think it was of been a pale 2cy female that was moulting into adult plumage