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Index of Subjects Broad-winged Hawks seem most likely, Angela. Check the tails. I had three Broad Wings cicling over the side deck here in Halifax south one day recently. I have never seen more than a single Red-shouldered Hawk in NS, and rarely; and have never seen Rough -leggeds in the summer. How about young Red-tailed Hawks testing their wings? Cheers, Joan > > From: Angela Joudrey <aljoudrey@eastlink.ca> > Date: 2008/07/18 Fri PM 02:15:39 EDT > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: [NatureNS] hawks > > Hi there all. > > Around my house in Windsor, a farmer has cut his fields and baled the hay. > > Since this happened in the last week, there have been two hawks of > which I am positive are not red tailed. > > I've narrowed it down to three according to my Stokes book.: > 1 ) red shouldered > 2) broad winged > 3) rough legged > > The pair of them circle with not a lot of wing flapping. > > They pull thier wings in tighter to move faster, often flipping and > changing direction very quickly. > > THey have a distinct cry that alerts me that they are flying overhead. > > I finally took the binoc. out with me today and am going to try to > get a better description from underneath. > > If anyone is in Windsor, the fields are by the Superstore and run > behind the hospital. > > Over and out! > > Angela > > > > -- > > Angela Joudrey > aljoudrey@eastlink.ca > > Life is too short to dance with ugly men. > >
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