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 ...

Broad-winged Hawks, like red-tails, aren’t big time bird chasers. They are also considerably smaller than their red-tail cousins, so they don’t catch many adult rabbits either.

Friday September 10, 2010Friday September 10, 2010 The Putney Mountain Hawk Watch is underway. For the next 10 days, the Broad-winged Hawks will be the featured bird of prey. The hawk watchers will ...

Broad-winged hawks start peeling off when they reach maximum altitude. They soar expertly, and by combining swirling and soaring, they can cover 100 miles or more per day.

Not surprisingly, the best areas in Great Smoky Mountains National Park to watch for fall flights of the broad-winged hawk are also vantage points in the higher elevations including Newfound Gap ...

A look at the migratory route of these magnificent birds. Every year, broad-winged hawks embark on a 4,500-mile journey from New Hampshire to South America. Host Willem Lange traces the migratory ...

Cindy Hamilton photographed a broad-winged hawk at the Kiptopeke Hawk Watch on the Eastern Shore. Broad-winged hawks are most easily seen during migration when they are leaving the northern ...

An adult Cooper’s hawk is dark blue-gray on the back and white beneath, barred with reddish-brown. The head is noticeably large, and the long, banded tail is rounded and tipped with a broad band ...

Paul Roberts reported 364 broad-winged hawks, along with 13 sharp-shinned hawks, 5 osprey, 3 Cooper’s hawks, 3 northern harriers and 3 bald eagles. For the entire season, Tuesday’s additions ...

The season total for the broad-winged hawk was 12,503 birds, the ninth-highest number recorded since counts began in 1934. The 10-year average is 7,793. The bald eagles were another winner.

The Auk: Ornithological Advances aims to advance fundamental scientific knowledge by increasing the basic knowledge of bird species, both living and extinct, and the knowledge of broad biological ...