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Josh Hayes

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Oct 27, 2008, 1:22:41 PM10/27/08
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Hey all,

My wife and son insist they saw a broad-winged hawk soaring by, quite high,
over our house in Seattle this last weekend.

Completely inappropriate habitat, of course, but could they have seen one
migrating southward? It'd be a new yard bird for the family if so, and
frankly, broad-winged hawks are a really easy ID based on shape alone, so
I'd be surprised if they'd gotten it wrong.

Comments welcome...

-Josh in Seattle

Rick

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Oct 27, 2008, 9:21:05 PM10/27/08
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There was at least one sighted at Point Reyes last week too.

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Josh Hayes

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Oct 30, 2008, 2:32:08 AM10/30/08
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Rick <PaWa...@gmail.com> wrote in news:ge5pej$pnk$1...@aioe.org:

> Josh Hayes wrote:
>> Hey all,
>>
>> My wife and son insist they saw a broad-winged hawk soaring by, quite
>> high, over our house in Seattle this last weekend.
>>

>> -Josh in Seattle
> There was at least one sighted at Point Reyes last week too.
>

Thanks, Rick, but one of our local bird guys clued me into the local
records: three sightings in King County, two of which were not accepted by
the Society, and one which was (oddly enough -- HIS! :-) To his credit, he
had photos).

I've seen approximately one bajillion of these guys when we lived in the
midwest USA, and it seems to me a pretty easy call based on body morphology
alone, and good tail striping helps a lot. Since I didn't see it, I'm not
counting it. Darnit.

-Josh

bthache

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Oct 30, 2008, 8:55:11 AM10/30/08
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How many zeros are in a 'bajillion'???

;)

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"Josh Hayes" <jos...@spamblarg.net> wrote in message
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> I've seen approximately one bajillion of these guys ..........
> -Josh

Ron Hudson

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Oct 30, 2008, 2:28:19 PM10/30/08
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On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:55:11 -0400, "bthache" <bth...@yahoo.ca> wrote:

>How many zeros are in a 'bajillion'???
>
>;)


3 more than are in a Brazillian


Lanny Chambers

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Oct 30, 2008, 5:58:33 PM10/30/08
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In article <83vjg4dumsdo2ro78...@4ax.com>,
Ron Hudson <r...@okwinners.com> wrote:

> 3 more than are in a Brazillian

Ah yes, one of my favorite W jokes. :-)

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Lanny Chambers
St. Louis, MO

Rick

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Oct 30, 2008, 9:09:06 PM10/30/08
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bthache wrote:
> How many zeros are in a 'bajillion'???
>
> ;)
>
mega :)
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