At the time the Pequod was making good speed through the water; but as the broad-winged windward stranger shot nigh to her, the boastful sails all fell together as blank bladders that are burst, and all life fled from the smitten hull.

As for Maggie, she had no distinct thought, only the sense of a presence like that of a closely hovering broad-winged bird in the darkness, for she was unable to look up, and saw nothing but Minny's black wavy coat.

Of a sudden the house they had bought for a whim stood up as she had never seen it before, low-fronted, broad-winged, ample, prepared by course of generations for all such things.

And an ideal place to spot broad-winged hawks, redtails, ospreys and bald eagles is Hawk Mountain, 1700 Hawk Mountain Road in Kempton.

Nows your chance to get a close-up of a peregrine falcon, broad-winged hawk, red-shouldered hawk plus great horned, barn, barred, snowy, and screech owls.

Hermit thrush and Canada warbler, as well as red-shouldered and broad-winged hawks, are also present, but less common.

But those sightings are all numerically dwarfed by the enormous broad-winged hawk migration of nearly two million birds that usually occurs in our region this coming week.

Six other recently documented, but rare species for Alabama, are also discussed: Appalachian tiger swallowtail, Hessel's hairstreak, brown elfin, white-checkered skipper, broad-winged skipper, and cobweb skipper.

Hematologic values were compiled from 71 red-tailed hawks (Buteo jamaicensis), 54 Eastern screech owls (Megascops asio), 31 Cooper's hawks (Accipiter cooperii), 30 great-horned owls (Bubo virginianus), 28 barred owls (Strix varia), 16 bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), and 12 broad-winged hawks (Buteo platypterus).

In September of that year, Cowart reported that he had seen saw 10,000 broad-winged hawks in one day.