Gardening & More | Texas Hawk Stalk Prey Below @raygrowtx | Uploaded April 2014 | Updated October 2024, 13 hours ago.
Broad-winged Hawk: Medium hawk, dark brown, mottled upperparts and brown-barred, white underparts. Pale underwings with black margins visible in flight. Tail is dark banded. Feeds on amphibians, reptiles, small mammals and birds, large insects. Flap-and-glide flight, soars on thermals and updrafts.
Range and Habitat
Broad-winged Hawk: Occurs north from British Columbia east to Nova Scotia, south through North Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa to eastern Texas, through the Gulf coast to northern Florida; not found west of the Rockies. Preferred habitats include dense deciduous and mixed woodlands, often near openings created by roads, trails, or wetlands.
INTERESTING FACTS
A subspecies of this hawk, generally found only in Puerto Rico, is endangered and has a total population of about 100 birds.
During migration, weather and geography cause these birds to concentrate into groups that number in the thousands. These large groups are referred to as "kettles."
Research has shown that Broad-winged Hawks typically migrate about 4,300 miles, covering an average of 70 miles each day.
A group of hawks has many collective nouns, including a "boil", "knot", "spiraling", "stream", and "tower" of hawks.
SIMILAR BIRDS
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Gray Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk
Roadside Hawk
Hawaiian Hawk
Info from here identify.whatbird.com/obj/35/overview/Broad-winged_Hawk.aspx
Seen a Texas Hawk , looks like he is Stalk Prey down below. there are field mice and squirrels and lots of birds, snake and lizards too. I seen it with a snake flying the other day . I seen two smaller ones lately , so im thinking its some baby ones, it was incredible watching the 2 small ones fly , they whip in an out of the woods in the smallest places , they are pushing them self's to the limits, I will try to get them on camera but they are always frying , The two youngest do fight in mid air.
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Broad-winged Hawk: Medium hawk, dark brown, mottled upperparts and brown-barred, white underparts. Pale underwings with black margins visible in flight. Tail is dark banded. Feeds on amphibians, reptiles, small mammals and birds, large insects. Flap-and-glide flight, soars on thermals and updrafts.
Range and Habitat
Broad-winged Hawk: Occurs north from British Columbia east to Nova Scotia, south through North Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa to eastern Texas, through the Gulf coast to northern Florida; not found west of the Rockies. Preferred habitats include dense deciduous and mixed woodlands, often near openings created by roads, trails, or wetlands.
INTERESTING FACTS
A subspecies of this hawk, generally found only in Puerto Rico, is endangered and has a total population of about 100 birds.
During migration, weather and geography cause these birds to concentrate into groups that number in the thousands. These large groups are referred to as "kettles."
Research has shown that Broad-winged Hawks typically migrate about 4,300 miles, covering an average of 70 miles each day.
A group of hawks has many collective nouns, including a "boil", "knot", "spiraling", "stream", and "tower" of hawks.
SIMILAR BIRDS
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Gray Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk
Roadside Hawk
Hawaiian Hawk
Info from here identify.whatbird.com/obj/35/overview/Broad-winged_Hawk.aspx
Seen a Texas Hawk , looks like he is Stalk Prey down below. there are field mice and squirrels and lots of birds, snake and lizards too. I seen it with a snake flying the other day . I seen two smaller ones lately , so im thinking its some baby ones, it was incredible watching the 2 small ones fly , they whip in an out of the woods in the smallest places , they are pushing them self's to the limits, I will try to get them on camera but they are always frying , The two youngest do fight in mid air.
Thank you for watching hope it helped in some way.
Please help me to publish this video! Share it on Facebook, Twitter,Reddit,Google+ and Blogs, Embed it in your site ...Thanks a lot!
My Facebook ▶ facebook.com/growtexas
YouTube Like page ▶ facebook.com/GardeningMore
Twitter ▶ twitter.com/RayGrowTexas
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