This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American A charming article about northern goshawks by ...

We have two species of forest hawks: the American goshawk and the much smaller sharp-shinned hawk. Both have short, broad, powerful wings and long tails, which let them dash through thick vegetation ...

The Boke of St. Albans, a 15th-century sportsman’s handbook, decreed that only a nobleman could hunt with a falcon, but a mere yeoman might settle for a goshawk. These days it is the very wildness and ...