Hi All,
On 5/2/15 I had fantastic views of a dark morph Broad-winged Hawk on Park Point
near the airport. My question is: does this constitute a rare sighting? Because
this is just a morph of a bird it is very hard for me to find information about
how common it is in our area. The National Geographic: Complete Birds of North
America lists the dark morph as casual in the East and typically during spring
migration. Other guides I have looked at have simply listed the dark morph as
rare. The dark morph birds apparently typically migrate through the eastern
Great Plains and nest in western Canada. Has anyone seen the dark morph
Broad-winged Hawk in Minnesota before and if so what portion of the state did
you see it? I have never seen the dark morph of this species before but have
others encountered it frequently? I would love some information on this since
the information I have been able to collect so far has been sparse.
Interestingly, I just got back from Big Bend National Park in Texas and
observed a dark morph Short-tailed Hawk there that looked very similar to the
dark morph Broad-winged Hawk.
Cheers,
Jason Caddy
South Minneapolis
j.ca...@hotmail.com
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