Broad-winged Hawk

Broad-winged Hawk perched on a dead tree branch.
Broad-winged Hawk, Sequoyah NWR, Vian, OK, September 12, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-1600; f/11; 1/800 sec.

This page is for the Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus). A nesting pair lived near our house in Kentucky, but I was never able to get a shot of them. I was very happy when I saw this guy as I was driving through the refuge. I stopped on a bridge and there it was about 40 yards down the creek.