broad-winged hawk
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of broad-winged hawk
An Americanism dating back to 1805–15
Example Sentences
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“Here, you may find a ruby–throated hummingbird, broad-winged hawk and white-eyed vireo all in one tree.”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 15, 2016
Schlesinger asks, his eyes absorbing the graceful arcs of a broad-winged hawk, his mind back on Washington.
From Time Magazine Archive
Once, when I was climbing up to the nest of a broad-winged hawk, the young took fright and launched out in the air, coming to the ground only a few rods away.
From Ways of Nature by John Burroughs
Far away through the spaces of the rafters I saw a pair of wheeling buzzards and, under them, in lesser circles, a broad-winged hawk.
From Modern Prose And Poetry; For Secondary Schools Edited With Notes, Study Helps, And Reading Lists by Margaret Ashmun
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