FreeLists / birdky / [birdky] Hawks over the Arboretum

["Roberta Burnes" <rburnes@xxxxxxx>]

Wow!  I took a group on a tour today of the Arboretum in Fayette County and
was treated to 100+ migrating hawks over the course of the morning.  Having
no binoculars and not being terribly good at hawk ID (other than red tails
and Cooper's), I couldn't say what they were for sure.  However, judging by
their size (smaller than the marauding crows that were following them) and
their wide wings and fan-shaped tails, I'm guessing they were broad-winged
hawks.  What do you think, hawk experts, good guess?

I drove down to Pine Mountain on my day off Monday, in hopes of seeing
hawks.  The day began cloudy and overcast and I saw nothing while there save
one spectacular close-encounter with a barred owl.  It swooped over the road
in front of my car on the way up to Chained Rock, and I pulled over to have
a look.  It perched on a branch quite close to the road and we stared at
each other for about 5 minutes before I finally drove off.  

As I approached I-75 on my return home along 25E, I noticed a large group of
dark, circling specks.  There were my hawks, about 40 of them, impossibly
high but nevertheless identifiable as hawks.  (Don't ask what kind!)  

Roberta Burnes
Education Coordinator
The Arboretum & State Botanical Garden of Kentucky
500 Alumni Drive
Lexington, KY 40503
859/257-9339


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