Zone-tailed Hawk (Buteo albonotatus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 02, 2022 07:05 by Marc Brawer
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S106131250
- Comments: "*Mega rarity. First state record. At 10:45 we picked up this dark, long-winged raptor flying low-ish to the northwest away from us as we walked along the west edge of the Hill of Graves. Turkey Vulture was our first thought but its glide was fast and smooth with only a slight dihedral, and its long and broad wings and their angular shape were not right for TUVU. Also it was all black on top and not brownish. A second later a Red-tailed Hawk appeared and took several dives at it. They were about the same size. As the Zone-tailed banked and twisted to evade the red-tailed, its wingbeats smooth not swift, it showed pale flight feathers and pale wingtips with a dark trailing edge to the wings. Could make out a pale tail band. The head was small and black. The red-tail chased it to the north quickly out of sight. Moments later Marc saw a WhatsApp alert with Angela's photo of this same bird."
- Reported Apr 02, 2022 07:05 by Marc Brawer
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S106131250
- Comments: "*Mega rarity. First state record. At 10:45 we picked up this dark, long-winged raptor flying low-ish to the northwest away from us as we walked along the west edge of the Hill of Graves. Turkey Vulture was our first thought but its glide was fast and smooth with only a slight dihedral, and its long and broad wings and their angular shape were not right for TUVU. Also it was all black on top and not brownish. A second later a Red-tailed Hawk appeared and took several dives at it. They were about the same size. As the Zone-tailed banked and twisted to evade the red-tailed, its wingbeats smooth not swift, it showed pale flight feathers and pale wingtips with a dark trailing edge to the wings. Could make out a pale tail band. The head was small and black. The red-tail chased it to the north quickly out of sight. Moments later Marc saw a WhatsApp alert with Angela's photo of this same bird."
