A birding friend here in Olympia has said that he's seen a couple of Broad-winged Hawks (at least, hawks that are most likely to be Broad-wings) in this area over the last several years. I looked up the status of the species in Hal Opperman's Birder's Guide to Washington, which cites a few observations in western Washington in the fall. It also makes the intriguing suggestion that there might be a "largely undetected southward migration through Western Washington." Does anyone know of observations of Broad-wings that might support that speculation?

Cheers,
Burt

Burt Guttman
The Evergreen State College
Olympia, WA 98505 guttmanb at evergreen.edu <mailto:guttmanb at evergreen.edu>
Home: 7334 Holmes Island Road S. E., Olympia, 98503