Birds of the Lower Ohio River Valley in West Virginia
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Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
WINTER: Casual Visitant. Five records. One on 25 December 1953 in Cabell Co., WV (HCL) (Edeburn et al. 1960); Edeburn et al. (1960) cites a record on 28 December 1941; one on 18 January 1985 in Cabell Co., WV (HS); one on 09 February 2006 at Green Bottom WMA (WA); one on 10 February 2001 at Beech Fork Lake (GR, MR).
SUMMER: NO RECORDS.
MIGRATION:
Spring: Accidental. One on 01 April 1962 at Ona, Cabell Co., WV (LW); one on 10 April 1963 at Chesapeake Airport, Lawrence Co., OH (TI, JK, LK, CV); one on 26 April 2006 in Mason Co., WV (WA).
Fall: Accidental. Edeburn et al. (1960) cites a record on 03 November 1951 (preceded by a heavy snow storm).
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