Geoff wrote:
They are far more common in and near heavily logged areas than in pristine habbitat.
That's interesting Geoff. I've never been to Washington so I can't comment. This certainly has not been the case in Wyoming. (Different logging practices perhaps?) I have seen a great many of my goshawk territories destroyed by logging in Wyoming. Most of them will be uninhabitable for future goses in my lifetime and probably in my children's lifetime. Now with the widespread devastation caused by beetles in the West, it would not surprise me at all if Goshawk take from some of the western states such as Wyoming will be shut down.

I've been amazed that this has been as under reported as it has been.