The brown back and the wide black and white bands across the tail mark this as an adult broad-winged hawk.” These compact buteos are approximately the size of a crow, measuring 16 inches long ...

Adult Broad-winged hawk over Great Falls. Notice the wide, white band in the tail and the black edge at the back of the wing. The annual migration of Broad-winged Hawks passes through our area ...

In this week’s Wildlife Watch, Ike Bendavid learns more about the amazing journey taken by the broad-winged hawk.

The broad-winged hawk named “Biscayne” is under close scrutiny at the Pelican Harbor Seabird Station in Miami. The birds usually spend the winter in South America, but they sometimes come to ...

“Assistant Nature Center Manager Becky Matney discovered a juvenile broad-winged hawk that had several toes caught in the shell of a three-toed box turtle,” the Missouri Department of ...

Some helpful staff members at the Runge Nature Center in Jefferson City came to the aid of a distressed broad-winged hawk that had managed to get a few of its toes caught — in a turtle.

Some helpful staff members at the Runge Nature Center in Jefferson City came to the aid of a distressed broad-winged hawk that had managed to get a few of its toes caught — in a turtle.

Some helpful staff members at the Runge Nature Center in Jefferson City came to the aid of a distressed broad-winged hawk that had managed to get a few of its toes caught — in a turtle.

Some helpful staff members at the Runge Nature Center in Jefferson City came to the aid of a distressed broad-winged hawk that had managed to get a few of its toes caught — in a turtle.

Some helpful staff members at the Runge Nature Center in Jefferson City came to the aid of a distressed broad-winged hawk that had managed to get a few of its toes caught — in a turtle.

Some helpful staff members at the Runge Nature Center in Jefferson City came to the aid of a distressed broad-winged hawk that had managed to get a few of its toes caught — in a turtle.