Female NG- VRVR

20 February 11 A.M. VRVR

1 female NG circling. Then this hawk dropped to about 100 feet elevation and did battle, briefly, with another female NG, or maybe they were cavorting. Then they split as one hawk went to about 300 feet elevation and the other hawk was at 150 feet elevation. Both hawks were the size of Red-tailed Hawks, and flapped with very deep, very rapid, and very flexible wing beats. Observing the hawks broad-side in a glide, the head was hidden in the valley of the wrists. With folded tails- the tails had a broad base with this broadness carried throughout the length of the tail. The hawks were long winged with very long tails. Observation time about 4 minutes.

10 minutes later, over the desert scrub was a female NG far off , at about 300 feet elevation. I observed this female NG as it drifted toward me, over the Rv park. Now the sun was out and the hawk was observed (glassed)to be mature. OT about 10 minutes. Photographs were taken and might be presented (only) on my blog.

This sighting of goshawk doubles -and in Tucson- is NOT a rare event!