Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/16/2012 - 13:03
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Arctic Tundra Dynamics 08

Hi Mrs. Eubanks, I LOVED the photographs! Especially the frog and green bird. I wanted to ask you: I saw the picture on the hawks and their migration. When do they start migrating and when do they reach their destination? Where are their "take off areas"? Destinations? Also, how many are normally in a group like that and what is that group called, a flock? Thanks, India D. Roehrich-Hill

Sun, 10/21/2012 - 08:45

Elizabeth Eubanks

India,
Glad you liked the photos. Great questions. I can only answer they very generally, because they all do not move at the same pace. Yes, they are called a flock. I will focus on the Broad Wing Hawks.
However, if there are Large LARGE groups of flocks they are called "kettles". Funny term right! And funny that they have term for a LARGE GROUP of FLOCKS!
As far as migration, if they migrate, because some species of this hawk do not migrate, they have a fall migration, which is when they head south- mainly from North American or Southern Canada to possibly Brazil.
As far as I know, which is what Diego told me and had learned... the broad winged hawks that we saw were coming from North America and heading to Argentina.
Hope this helps a bit.
Great questions. I in fact just learned the term "kettle".
Cheers,
Mrs. Eubanks