TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

Broad-winged Hawk Canopy Close-up Broad-winged Hawk-Buteo platypterus Broad-winged Hawk-Buteo platypterus, Order FALCONIFORMES - Family ACCIPITRIDAE - Subfamily Accipitrinae. This beauty was over 100 feet high in the canopy in the Big Woods in Heuston Woods. "    •     A recent study attached satellite transmitters to the backs of four Broad-winged Hawks and followed them as they migrated south in the fall. The hawks migrated an average of 7,000 km (4,350 mi) to northern South America, and traveled an average of 111 km (69 mi) each day. Once at the wintering grounds, the hawks did not move around much, staying on average within 2.6 square km (1 square mi)." (Photo: April 25, 2004, Canon 10D, EF 100-400mm f/4.5 5.6 L IS USM, Better Beamer Flash Extender) For More Species Info: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Broad-winged_Hawk_dtl.html

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Photos Copyright R. Hays Cummins. Authorization required. For permission, contact bigbendwildlands@gmail.com

Sources of species identification and other amazing info include (1) Cornell Lab of Ornithology--a fantastic site; (2)Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Peterson Field Guide Series, Fifth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company; (3) The National Audubon Society's Sibley Guide to Birds and (4) Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Third Edition, National Geographic, Washington, D.C.