Agile and swift predators with unnerving red eyes, northern goshawks are legendary for their ferocity, beauty and amazing flight skills; in medieval Europe, goshawks were the most prized of all ...

Believe it or not, the northern goshawk is actually a bird of nobility, at least in falconry. Falconry is a popular hunting sport. Rather than using common weapons, hunters will train large birds ...

This proposal, which was requested by the Pennsylvania Falconry and Hawk Trust ... As a result, European goshawks retained the name Northern Goshawk, while those in North America were renamed ...