The loud "tchick tchick" call of the African goshawk is a common noise in Avery Ave. Sometimes it is flying high overhead, and sometimes it is perched fairly conspicuously in a big tree. No bigger than a dove itself, I have seen it kill doves by ambushing them in the air. Once a goshawk drove a dove into the side of our house, stunning it, and then it swooped in to collect the stunned bird, eating it on the lawn while our dogs watched - far too terrified to interrupt!The African goshawk
The loud "tchick tchick" call of the African goshawk is a common noise in Avery Ave. Sometimes it is flying high overhead, and sometimes it is perched fairly conspicuously in a big tree. No bigger than a dove itself, I have seen it kill doves by ambushing them in the air. Once a goshawk drove a dove into the side of our house, stunning it, and then it swooped in to collect the stunned bird, eating it on the lawn while our dogs watched - far too terrified to interrupt!
