[NatureNS] Red Shouldered Hawk?

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A week ago today the Eldridge Garron family on Brier Island called me 
about an injured hawk in their yard. I picked it up and drove it to 
Annapolis Royal.  Other volunteers then transported it to the Metro 
Animal Emergency Clinic in Dartmouth. It was X-rayed, and its broken 
wing was pinned, and the bird is now recovering at Hope for Wildlife. 
The X-ray photos are on the Hope for Wildlife website. The bird was 
initially ID'd as a goshawk, but today I was informed that they now 
think it's a Red Shouldered Hawk. If that's the case, it would be a 
first for that facility. The map in my Peterson's guide doesn't show 
Nova Scotia as their territory at all, (but it's an old guide!) Is this 
a rare species in these parts? If the bird is successfully 
rehabilitated, it will eventually be released where it was found.

Chris

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