Look up "Coopers hawk". It's a little confusing but even though they are called "hawks", Coopers are falcons and they move through the woods like an F-16. If you are seeing lots right now, birds are on migration as are many raptor species.
I was fortunate to have a nest of Coopers hawks in front of my house this sumer and they vocalized a lot. I stayed away from the nest so as to not stress them out. I got to see them swooping for months and doing low-level screams through my thicket a lot. Recently I found a wild turkey carcass not far from the nest which amazed me. I am guessing the Coopers family hunted small mammals that cleaned that carcass.
Sharp-shinned hawks are very similar to Coopers, too. You may wanna check them out. Like I said, goshawks are awesome but in my experience not at all common in our region. More of a northern forest species and listed as endangered in your state as far as I can tell. thanks.
I was fortunate to have a nest of Coopers hawks in front of my house this sumer and they vocalized a lot. I stayed away from the nest so as to not stress them out. I got to see them swooping for months and doing low-level screams through my thicket a lot. Recently I found a wild turkey carcass not far from the nest which amazed me. I am guessing the Coopers family hunted small mammals that cleaned that carcass.
Sharp-shinned hawks are very similar to Coopers, too. You may wanna check them out. Like I said, goshawks are awesome but in my experience not at all common in our region. More of a northern forest species and listed as endangered in your state as far as I can tell. thanks.
