The wife and I were driving back from Fulton Beach/Rockport and saw a Broad-Winged Hawk about three miles north of the Palmetto State Park entrance on Hwy 193 heading north on a wire. It was a pleasant and unusual sighting. Sean Kelley Central Austin On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 6:44 AM, Judy Kestner <jkestner@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This was sent to me by Karen Smith, who lives in the Wood River > Subdivision in Calallen -- Northwest Corpus Christi. We are > around-the-corner neighbors -- wish I had seen this! > Judy Kestner > Calallen (NW Corpus Christi) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Karen Smith > To: Judy Kestner > Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2013 10:07 PM > Subject: sighting > > > Judy, > If you think it is note worthy could you please post to textbirds: I saw > a group of 40 to 50 Broad-winged hawks this evening at 6 PM. Terry was up > on a ladder washing the oak pollen off the solar panels. While watching > him I noticed the birds high overhead. They attempted to kettle and then > streamed out towards the northwest. They were barely visible naked eye. I > tryed to post to textbirds but it was kicked back to me. I get posts but > haven't posted a sighting in a long time. If you don't think this is > "post" worthy, that's OK I'm not sure if it is unusual or not. > > Oh, I have several ruby throated males hummers and I had one black-chinned > but haven't seen him recently. I also had a couple of rufous types but > again the front may have pushed them on. I still have the lesser > goldfinch. You are welcome to come sit and look in my backyard any time! > > Karen > > > Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at > //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds > > Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission > from the List Owner > > > Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission from the List Owner