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Broad-winged Hawk

TYPE:   BIRD 

 

RANGE:
Eastern U. S. and
   southern Canada

 

FOOD:
Carnivore - chipmunks,
   shrews, voles, frogs,
   lizards, baby birds,
   crayfish, fish, centipedes,
   earthworms

 

PREDATORS:
Humans

 

HABITAT:
Woodlands, groves

 


DESCRIPTION
  • These birds of prey are not especially large. They are about the same size as a crow.
  • They migrate south to Central and South America in the winter. They fly in groups called "kettles." There may be as many as 8,000 hawks in a group.

LINKS TO MORE INFORMATION 

http://birdsource.cornell.edu/bwha/index.html

 

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