At 10 am this morning, there was an immature Northern Goshawk perched atop
a dead tree, alongside Accotink Creek, in Wakefield Park, Annandale,
Fiarfax County. It could be seen from the main trail, about 200 yards south
of Americana Park (which is just south of Little River Turnpike).
Only the second time I have seen this species in Virginia - the previous
one was also an immature, also perched in a dead tree, also alongside
water, in the old Claude Moore farm, about 30 years ago.
Stephen Eccles
