ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae

Erythrotriorchis radiatus  

Red Goshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus)
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© Vik Dunis 2012
Violet Vale Station, QLD (Sep, 2012)

The male Red Goshawk had just spent almost half an hour tearing up some prey and feeding it to the chick or chicks (unseen). The female had been sitting on the nest before he arrived and now she was relaxing in a nearby tree while the male fed the baby.

Red Goshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus)

Female Red Goshawk

Red Goshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus)

Red Goshawk

Red Goshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus)

Red Goshawk

Red Goshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus)

Red Goshawk

Red Goshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus)

Red Goshawk

Red Goshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus)

Red Goshawk

Red Goshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus)

Male Red Goshawk in Flight

Red Goshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus)

Red Goshawk

Red Goshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus)

Red Goshawk

Red Goshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus)

Male and female Red Goshawks at nest

Red Goshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus)

Male Red Goshawk

Red Goshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus)

Red Goshawk

Red Goshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus)

Red Goshawk

Red Goshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus)

Red Goshawk on Nest

Red Goshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus)

Red Goshawk