Wednesday 27 January 2021

RE: [Maine-birds] Broad-winged hawk

We've had two Cooper's Hawks in the yard here in Gardiner at the same time in the last two weeks, one chasing the other away!

 

Jeff Wells

 

From: maine-birds@googlegroups.com <maine-birds@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of cathie...@gmail.com
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Subject: Re: [Maine-birds] Broad-winged hawk

 

I wonder if this was an exceptionally good year for Coopers?

Saw a large immature Coopers tearing into prey near downtown Hallowell yesterday

Had a different individual a few weeks ago in our backyard, I'm pretty sure.

We had noticeably strong songbird reproduction in the neighborhood the last couple years which may have helped the predators.

thoughts?

 

On Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at 8:48:46 AM UTC-5 justin...@gmail.com wrote:

Wow! So they never even migrated! That's cool. But yeah Dave this isnt a Broad-winged Hawk. 

On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 8:42 AM Seth Benz 

 

On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 8:42 AM Seth Benz <sb...@schoodicinstitute.org> wrote:

At least two recently verified sightings of Broad-winged Hawk were documented via photographs in early January. One was photographed on January 1 during the Schoodic Point Christmas Bird Count. The other was found and photo'd on Mount Desert Island near Bar Harbor (on Jan. 7 and 8). Both birds were immatures.

Certainly, these sightings are extremely unusual for this species in Maine at this time of year.  However,

we all should be careful when merely making identification pronouncements based on limited factors.

Who was it that said,"the only thing constant, is change?"

 

 

On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 8:32 AM Justin Lawson <justin...@gmail.com> wrote:

This is an immature Cooper's Hawk.  If any Broad-winged Hawks would be here (which they arent even close to in NE yet, it would be an adult. 

 

On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 8:15 AM David Small <docfi...@gmail.com> wrote:

This broad-winged hawk nearly hit my windshield yesterday morning as I drove into the Camden downtown. It landed in a tree in the Memorial Park and perched long enough for me to park and click.

 

 

 

Cheers,

Dave

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