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Early this afternoon I and two others on the Broad Cove Christmas Bird Coun=
t got great views of a light juvenile (1st year) Broad-winged Hawk at Conqu=
erall Mills=2C Lunenburg County. I saw the bird first as it flew across th=
e road in front of the car and perched in a tree front on at about 30 feet =
away. The bird then flew an additional 10 feet and perched fully in the op=
en back on to us. If we had taken a picture it would have been an exact ma=
tch for the bird depicted in Sibleys as the light juvenile (1st year) Broad=
-winged hawk. Sibleys depicts this bird as the smallest of our buteos. Si=
ze of the bird alone rules out red-shouldered hawk and red-tailed hawk. Th=
e white breast with very light streaking on the side depicts the juvenile b=
road-winged hawk and rules out the other two species. Also back on there w=
as white spotting like shown for the juvenile broad-winged hawk in National=
Geographic Third Addition. This rules that it was not a V like you would =
expect for a red-tailed hawk=2C nor not the proper pattern if it were a sha=
rp-shinned hawk. The tail was short in flight like you would see for a bro=
ad-winged hawk. The tail pattern rules out red-tailed hawk and red-shoulde=
red hawk. If you take into account the size of the bird=2C the white chest=
with very light streaks on the side=2C the tail pattern and color on the b=
ack=2C it rules out any other possibility as to it being any other species =
than a juvenile (1st year) Broad-winged Hawk. =20
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James R. Hirtle
Bridgewater =
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<FONT size=3D4>Early this afternoon I and two others on the Broad Cove Chri=
stmas Bird Count got great views of a light juvenile (1st year) Broad-winge=
d Hawk at Conquerall Mills=2C Lunenburg County. =3B I saw the bird firs=
t as it flew across the road in front of the car and perched =3Bin a tr=
ee front on at about 30 feet away. =3B The bird then flew an additional=
10 feet and perched fully in the open back on to us. =3B If we had tak=
en a picture it would have been an exact match for the bird depicted in Sib=
leys as the light juvenile (1st year) Broad-winged hawk. =3B Sibleys de=
picts this bird as the smallest of our buteos. =3B Size of the bird alo=
ne rules out red-shouldered hawk and red-tailed hawk. =3B The white bre=
ast with very light streaking on the side depicts the juvenile broad-winged=
hawk and rules out the other two species. =3B Also back on there was w=
hite spotting like shown for the juvenile broad-winged hawk in National Geo=
graphic Third Addition. =3B This rules that it was not a =3BV like =
you would expect for a red-tailed hawk=2C nor not the proper pattern if it =
were a sharp-shinned hawk. =3B The tail was short =3Bin flight =
=3Blike you would see for a broad-winged hawk. =3B The tail pattern rul=
es out red-tailed hawk and red-shouldered hawk. =3B If you take into ac=
count the size of the bird=2C the white chest with very light streaks on th=
e side=2C the tail pattern and color on the back=2C it rules out any other =
possibility as to it being any other species than a juvenile (1st year) Bro=
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<FONT size=3D4>James R. Hirtle</FONT><BR>
<FONT size=3D4>Bridgewater</FONT><BR> </div></body>
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