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red-shouldered vs broad-winged



Hi Folks,

A non-birding colleague has a pair of hawks building a nest in a 
wooded stretch behind their yard near Eno SP in Durham. She has ID'd 
it as broad-winged (using the Audubon guide). I told her it is more 
likely to be a red-shouldered, based partly on her description and 
also on the migratory behavior of BW's making it too early for them 
to already be nesting. Regarding this migration point, am I correct 
on this or am I just wildly guessing?

Best wishes

-- 
Steve Perry

Receptor Biology Lab, Duke Uni Med Center, Durham, NC

stevep@receptor-biol.duke.edu