Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 06:22:55 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Robert Ringler Subject: Re: Broad-winged Hawks??? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Janet, It's borderline for Broad-wings, but not impossible. It's best to have a good look, though. As always, check the Yellow Book to get an idea of the migration period. It's the first thing I look at whenever I see a question like this. Bob Ringler ----- Original Message ----- From: Janet Millenson To: Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 4:59 PM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Broad-winged Hawks??? > Yesterday I was at Great Falls just as the weather got nasty. Far overhead > three migrating buteos soared against a backdrop of dark swirling rain > clouds. Could these have been Broad-wingeds, or is it too early? Their shape > was right, but I couldn't see any plumage details. > > Janet Millenson > Potomac, MD (Montgomery County) > janet@twocrows.com > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > "Look at the birds!" -- Pascal the parrot > > ======================================================================= > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================