Date: 9/25/26 3:17 pm From: Mark Holmgren via groups.io <maholmgren33...> Subject: [sbcobirding] Broad-winged Hawk among migrating Vultures
At Evergreen OS, I took a bunch of Hail Mary photos hoping to catch one of
the two smaller hawks circling high with the vultures and moving eastward.
The photo in the checklist is good enough to show it as a Broad-winged Hawk.
https://ebird.org/checklist/S396208442 BirdView shows that this is the week of the year (and next week) in SB
County when most BwHa have been sighted in years past. The data below are
the absolute number and the percent of all checklists submitted in that
week of the year that include BwHa.
11 different
Weeks of the year
All Out of %
Jan-1-7
Jan-8-14
Jan-15-21
Jan-22-28
Jan-29-Feb-4
Feb-5-11
Feb-12-18
Feb-19-25
Feb-26-Mar-4
Mar-5-11 1 4133 0.0%
Mar-12-18
Mar-19-25
Mar-26-Apr-1
Apr-2-8
Apr-9-15
Apr-16-22 3 5702 0.1%
Apr-23-29
Apr-30-May-6
May-7-13
May-14-20 1 4702 0.0%
May-21-27
May-28-Jun-3
Jun-4-10
Jun-11-17
Jun-18-24
Jun-25-Jul-1
Jul-2-8
Jul-9-15
Jul-16-22
Jul-23-29
Jul-30-Aug-5
Aug-6-12
Aug-13-19
Aug-20-26
Aug-27-Sep-2
Sep-3-9
Sep-10-16
Sep-17-23 7 5175 0.1%
Sep-24-30 33 4786 *0.7%*
Oct-1-7 25 4237 0.6%
Oct-8-14 10 4563 0.2%
Oct-15-21 4 4210 0.1%
Oct-22-28
Oct-29-Nov-4 2 3816 0.1%
Nov-5-11 1 4092 0.0%
Nov-12-18
Nov-19-25
Nov-26-Dec-2
Dec-3-9 1 3718 0.0%
Dec-10-16
Dec-17-23
Dec-24-31 Or, see this setting
<https://birdview.info/BirdView.html?v=5&county=Santa%20Barbara%2C%20Central%20Coast%2C%20California%2C%20United%20States%20(US)%2C%20North%20America&source=eBird&species=BwHa%25&photosOnly=0&otherTaxa=0&latin=0&loc=&hotspotsOnly=0&nearby=0&date=&birder=&groupMode=checklists&listby=weekofyear&<lat...>&<lon...>&<zoom...> in BirdView.
