>In a message dated 2/16/2008 10:20:18 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, 
> writes:
>
>1 merlin
>4 Peregrines
>2 red shouldered hawks side by side on a light like bookends (love
>must be in the air)
>1 broadwing
>--
>Melanie
>
>Melanie,
>A  Broad-winged Hawk this time of year would be highly unlikely. I 
>hope you took some photos or notes for the records committee.
>
>Rick Sussman
>Woodbine,MD
>


Rick - I'll concede that -  That was the one the at I got the least 
good look at since it was in flight crossing 50 as I was driving 
along doing 65, so I had to rely on memory before I could get back 
home to my Peterson Flash guide for hawks.  It was a very dark hawk 
whose underwings were dark on the leading edge  light on the trailing 
edge.  I thought it was on the smallish side and that is why I 
thought broad wing rather than rough-legged. By the time he changed 
aspect from his underside to more of a profile I didn't get to see 
anything of the tail that would help further.
-- 
Melanie