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Comment: Broad-winged Hawk. Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, 3/27/2005.
Black Vulture. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, 4/2/2005. * 799 x 599 * (227KB)

Turkey Vultures. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, 4/2/2005. We took a boat trip with Birding and Kayak Adventures out of Rockport-Fulton. Their shallow draft boat, the Skimmer, can get up into the shallow wetlands for rather different views of nature. The tide was extremely low that morning; the skipper was surmising that it might have been due to the strong windstorms of the previous day. The above

Turkey Vultures. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, 4/2/2005. * 1200 x 900 * (1022KB)

Swainson's Hawk. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, 4/2/2005. * 800 x 700 * (426KB)

Broad-winged Hawk. Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, 3/27/2005. Broad-wings form huge kettles during migration season; we saw several hundred take off in the early morning, as the heat began to rise off the fields. Later in the day, you don't see them -- they're too high. * 801 x 600 * (270KB)
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Other hawks seen on our trip. Upper left: Red-shouldered Hawk, San Antonio Botanic Gardens, 4/3/2005; we got to see it up close, swooping down on a hunting foray, but sadly no pictures. Upper right: Cooper's Hawk, Mustang Island State Park, 4/1/2005. Lower right: White-tailed Hawk, Mustang Island State Park, 4/1/2005 (the camera's clock was about 13 hours slow). We saw many white-tailed hawks along the coastal barrier islands. Lower Left: Swainson's Hawk, Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, 4/2/2005. * 609 x 607 * (236KB)
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