[NatureNS] do red tail hawks hover?

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Hi,

Most hawks can hover, but to different degrees while hunting. The champion
is the Rough-legged, although other buteos, including Red-tails, can hover
for a short time. So can Ospreys. If you ever go to Europe and see Eurasian
Kestrels, they characteristically hover over motorways waiting for
road-kill. There is an old name for them - "wind-hover". European Buzzards
(the equivalent there of our Red-tail) also hover regularly.  I don't know
if any N.American falcons or accipiters hover, but it's not really their
flight style. There probably wouldn't be any point in their usual habitat.
Many hawks including Red-tails will also "kite" - which means facing into a
strong wind and just using their wings and posture to briefly stay in 1
place relative to the ground - a bit like people can spread their arms and
lean into a strong wind. (That expression is mentioned in a couple of books
I have, but not in any on-line dictionary I could find!).

Richard


On Dec 27, 2007 2:06 PM, Angela Joudrey <aljoudrey@eastlink.ca> wrote:

> Do all hawks have the ability to "hover"?
>
> I noticed one this am in an area where there are red tails hawks, but
> I was unable to id it.
>
> Just wondering,
>
> Angela-
> now living in a new "bird heaven" area of Windsor
> --
> Angela Slaunwhite
> aljoudrey@eastlink.ca
>



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Hi,<br><br>Most hawks can hover, but to different degrees while hunting. The champion is the Rough-legged, although other buteos, including Red-tails, can hover for a short time. So can Ospreys. If you ever go to Europe and see Eurasian Kestrels, they characteristically hover over motorways waiting for road-kill. There is an old name for them - &quot;wind-hover&quot;. European Buzzards (the equivalent there of our Red-tail) also hover regularly.&nbsp; I don&#39;t know if any 
N.American falcons or accipiters hover, but it&#39;s not really their flight style. There probably wouldn&#39;t be any point in their usual habitat. Many hawks including Red-tails will also &quot;kite&quot; - which means facing into a strong wind and just using their wings and posture to briefly stay in 1 place relative to the ground - a bit like people can spread their arms and lean into a strong wind. (That expression is mentioned in a couple of books I have, but not in any on-line dictionary I could find!).
<br><br>Richard<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 27, 2007 2:06 PM, Angela Joudrey &lt;aljoudrey@eastlink.ca&gt; wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Do all hawks have the ability to &quot;hover&quot;?<br><br>I noticed one this am in an area where there are red tails hawks, but<br>I was unable to id it.<br><br>Just wondering,<br><br>Angela-<br>now living in a new &quot;bird heaven&quot; area of Windsor
<br><font color="#888888">--<br>Angela Slaunwhite<br>aljoudrey@eastlink.ca<br></font></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>#################<br>Dr.Richard Stern, &nbsp; <br>
70 Exhibition St.<br>Kentville, NS, Canada<br>B4N 4K9<br><br>Richard Stern, <br>317 Middle Dyke Rd.<br>Port Williams, NS, Canada<br>B0P 1T0<br><br>rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca<br><a href="mailto:rbstern@xcountry.tv">
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