I'm trying to think back to exactly when I was on McAndrews (maybe two weeks ago) and a Broad-wing flew over me from north to south (I think east of Pilot Knob--toward the Shannon Park neighborhood). So, there is a Broad-wing in the area.
Molly Jo Miller Inver Grove Hts, Dakota Co. ------Original Message---- Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 21:34:13 -0500 From: Jim Ryan <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Odd-colored Broad-Wing? -Dakota Cty Sorry for the late post, I have had software issues that prevented me from generating this photo for comment. Sunday, I saw this bird in Rosemount - in a developed neighborhood with mature trees (off McAndrews Rd). I got a pic or two while it perched and saw it fly away. This is the best one (cropped). Definite Buteo shape in flight. The trailing edge of the the underwing was dark, the underside was mostly pale and faintly streaked -sorry, no better description than that. But the color is confusing - Are gray Broad-wings expected? Could it be a Red-shouldered? Gray Hawk seems way out of the question. I have limited experience with Broadwings. Can't attach image to email - see 3 pics here: http://naturalobservations.blogspot.com/2010/05/odd-broad-winged-hawk.html<http://naturalobservations.blogspot.com/2010/05/odd-broad-winged-hawk.html> Sincerely, Jim Ryan Saint Paul's Westside ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
