The northern goshawk is a large hawk. It lives in forests. A goshawk is hard to see in the woods.
It has short, rounded wings. Its tail is long. An adult has a gray back. A young goshawk is brown.
An adult goshawk has red eyes and yellow feet. A white stripe over each eye looks like an eyebrow.
A female goshawk is a little bigger than a male. A goshawk flies with a few flaps and then a glide.
A goshawk perches in a tree. It waits and looks for prey. Prey is an animal that a hunter eats.
It eats birds and small animals. These include squirrels, rabbits and hares.
A goshawk builds a nest of sticks high in a tree. A pair often uses the same nest again in later years.
A goshawk lays about two to four eggs. Its parents feed their young until the young are about 70 days old.
Words to know
- goshawk: big hawk
- perches: sits and waits
- prey: food animal
