12K views · 2.6K reactions | Flash, a Northern Goshawk and Raptor-in-Residence, is our only accipiter hawk here at the Alaska Raptor Center. Northern Goshawks are a bigger, fiercer, relative of the Sharp-shinned and Cooper’s Hawks that prowl suburbs and backyards. They are accipiters, a type of hawk with short, broad wings and a long rudderlike tail that give it superb aerial agility. | Alaska Raptor Center | Facebook

31K views · 3.3K reactions | Flash, a Northern Goshawk, came to the Alaska Raptor Center from Fairbanks, AK after being found with a gunshot wound to her right wing. She was starving and the bullet had shattered her right wrist. Flash is now missing the tip of her right wing, leaving her unable to maintain flight. Flash now has an important job helping us educate the public about Hawks and the dangers they face in the wild. | Alaska Raptor Center | Facebook