Thousands of birders gather to watch the annual fall migration of broad-winged hawks. They start in September ... dark wing coverts and silvery flight feathers, the dark tail has a wide white ...

bald eagle 44, northern goshawk 40, northern harrier 33, merlin 69, American kestrel 17, peregrine falcon 10, rough-legged hawk 27, prairie falcon 7, broad-winged hawk 1, remainder unidentified.

Broad-winged counts in the entire U.S — including ... Nevertheless, dyed-in-the-feather hawk-watchers annually take the gamble that they’ll experience the great flights.

Broad-winged hawks epitomize the migration as they fly ... soaring on narrow 4-foot wingspans held at a slight V-angle, the dark flight feathers contrasting against light underwing linings.

For example, watch for kettles of broad-winged hawks ... with whitish wing linings accented by blackish flight feathers. Swainson’s hawks migrate from as close as the Texas Panhandle and ...

Red-tails are larger, with a telling tail: Adult red-tails have a rusty tail. Broad-winged hawks are smaller birds, and have tails with obvious bands. The two exist on common ground because they ...

Depending on your sensitivity, it is either a rare treat or a disturbing scene to see a Cooper’s Hawk tear through the feathers of ... Red-shouldered, Broad-winged, and the aforementioned ...

Broad-winged hawks also are woodland hunters ... That can be eyes, feet, feathers, prey preferences or hunting techniques. In a competitive world, animals either evolve into a niche or the ...

Adult: brown above with lighter feather edges and some streaking ... Wingbeats are quick and shallow, interspersed with quick glides. Broad-winged hawk adult has rufous on breast, but no barring ...

Some helpful staff members at the Runge Nature Center in Jefferson City came to the aid of a distressed broad-winged hawk that had managed to get a few of its toes caught — in a turtle.