Saturday, February 4, 2023

Details on mega GWC SWAINSONS HAWK yesterday

Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) (1)
- Reported Feb 03, 2023 14:18 by MCHL ____
- 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/S127531651
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Flushed it from a yew, above the SE corner of Sylvan Water (South of Oak Avenue, between Lake and Hillock). Large hawk with dark helmet and brown flecked neck and chest. I noted reddesh-brown flecks on the underwing and initially believed I was looking at a juvenile red-shouldered hawk. It made one counter-clockwise circle over me as if considering re-settling in the same perch. Made a couple wider circles over the east edge of Sylvan. I lost sight of it as it flew low over the NE corner of Sylvan, near cliff path."