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On Tuesday, a few new migrants showed up in my yard. A pair of chipping spa=
rrows put in an appearance at my feeders, and my first broad-winged hawk of=
the year was soaring around and calling in the woods nearby.=0A=0AYesterda=
y morning, I looked out my living room window and saw a medium-sized raptor=
sitting in the elm tree in the middle of the hayfield. I was thinking broa=
d-winged hawk, and a look through binoculars showed a hawk facing me with a=
short, strikingly banded tail and reddish barring on the breast. I pulled =
out my new long-lensed digital camera and fired off a few shots, but there =
were too many branches in my way.=0A=0ASince the tree in question is about =
300 feet from my house, and since broad-wings are usually so laid-back (I'v=
e been within fifteen feet of one without appearing to bother it much), I f=
igured it was safe to go outside, get a little closer and find an angle wit=
hout so many branches. I made it thirty feet off my porch before the hawk t=
urned away from me suddenly. I froze, and tried to take a few pictures with=
out moving. The hawk responded by flying off into the woods.=0A=0ASomething=
else didn't seem right about this strangely nervous broad-wing, but I didn=
't work out what until I went back inside and reviewed the photos I had man=
aged to get. What I had thought was a short tail was clearly a long tail wi=
th long white undertail coverts, and what had I thought was a reddish, thic=
kly-barred breast was a finely-barred grey one in warm early morning light.=
The real clincher was a shot that, although distant and blurry, clearly sh=
owed a dark grey head with a bright white eyebrow line and dark red eyes!=
=0A=0AI don't believe I've ever mistaken a goshawk for a broad-wing before.=
On the other hand, I've never gotten a photo of a wild goshawk before, so =
I guess it works out. =0A=0AIt's amazing the kinds of conclusions your brai=
n can jump to if you're not paying attention. Lesson learned!=0A=0AKathleen=
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f; font-size: 12pt;">On Tuesday, a few new migrants showed up in my yard. A=
pair of chipping sparrows put in an appearance at my feeders, and my first=
broad-winged hawk of the year was soaring around and calling in the woods =
nearby.<br><br>Yesterday morning, I looked out my living room window and sa=
w a medium-sized raptor sitting in the elm tree in the middle of the hayfie=
ld. I was thinking broad-winged hawk, and a look through binoculars showed =
a hawk facing me with a short, strikingly banded tail and reddish barring o=
n the breast. I pulled out my new long-lensed digital camera and fired off =
a few shots, but there were too many branches in my way.<br><br>Since the t=
ree in question is about 300 feet from my house, and since broad-wings are
usually so laid-back (I've been within fifteen feet of one without appeari=
ng to bother it much), I figured it was safe to go outside, get a little cl=
oser and find an angle without so many branches. I made it thirty feet off =
my porch before the hawk turned away from me suddenly. I froze, and tried t=
o take a few pictures without moving. The hawk responded by flying off into=
the woods.<br><br>Something else didn't seem right about this strangely ne=
rvous broad-wing, but I didn't work out what until I went back inside and r=
eviewed the photos I had managed to get. What I had thought was a short tai=
l was clearly a long tail with long white undertail coverts, and what had I=
thought was a reddish, thickly-barred breast was a finely-barred grey one =
in warm early morning light. The real clincher was a shot that, although di=
stant and blurry, clearly showed a dark grey head with a bright white eyebr=
ow line and dark red eyes!<br><br>I don't believe I've ever mistaken
a goshawk for a broad-wing before. On the other hand, I've never gotten a =
photo of a wild goshawk before, so I guess it works out. <br><br>It's amazi=
ng the kinds of conclusions your brain can jump to if you're not paying att=
ention. Lesson learned!<br><br>Kathleen MacAulay<br>Milford Station<br> </d=
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