[texbirds] Neighborhood Broad-wings (local interest)
- From: "John Arvin" <jarvin@xxxxxxxx>
- To: "New Texbirds" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2013 13:05:47 -0500
Yesterday early afternoon when the clouds began to break and let a little
sun through an adult Broad-winged Hawk appeared over my home in
central-west Austin. It did not act like a migrant, proceeding to dive and
swoop all over what I can see of the sky for about two hours. What I saw
looked like territorial advertising. I believe that this may be one of the
pair (probably the male) that nested somewhere in the neighborhood last
year. Nesting Broad-wings are quite uncommon as far west as Austin,
therefore my interest and this note. Last year they fledged a single
juvenile which often called attention to itself by food-begging calls. I
hope they do as well this year.
jca
John C. Arvin
Research Associate
Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
103 West Hwy 332
Lake Jackson, TX 77566
jarvin@xxxxxxxx
www.gcbo.org
Austin, Texas
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