Learn what an adult and juvenlie broad-winged hawk looks like and where to find them during breeding season and migration.

As the monster storm barreled into Florida Oct. 9, the broad-winged hawk’s tracking device pinged once near Fort Myers and then fell silent, leaving scientists to wonder if she would emerge alive.

In a new study titled “Broad-winged Hawk Size Varies by Sex and Latitude in North America,” lead author Bordner, along with Dr. Rebecca McCabe and Dr. Laurie Goodrich and collaborators from ...

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 ...

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 ...

A broad-winged hawk flies Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, near the 64th Autumn Hawk Count at Bake Oven Knob on the Appalachian Trail between Heidelberg Township, Lehigh County, and East Penn Township ...

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 ...

The Benzie count was also the only local count to observe American coot, sharp-shinned hawk, and northern pintail. The Antrim-Old Mission count observed 62 species across 4,722 birds.

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.

For those of you who have never seen one, a broad-winged hawk is best described as a small cousin of the red-tailed hawk. Both birds are members of a group of raptors known as “Buteos ...