Broad-winged Hawk Photos

Photography by Terry Sohl

My Favorite: Broad-winged Hawks are one of those species I see quite a bit, but I don't have a massive number of photos. That's because my typical sighting is seeing one at the edge of a forest clearing, and then having it slip away into the forest as I get close. My favorite photo is the one below, a bird that was so intent on hunting earthworms that it didn't care about the guy snapping photos from 30 feet away. From Newton Hills State Park in South Dakota, in May of 2019.

Broad-winged Hawk - Buteo platypterus


Broad-winged Hawk 1 May 4th, 2015 Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota	Broad-winged Hawk 2 May 4th, 2015 Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota	Broad-winged Hawk 3 May 4th, 2015 Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota	Broad-winged Hawk 4 May 4th, 2015 Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota

Broad-winged Hawk 5 May 14th, 2016 Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Broad-winged Hawk 6 October 2015 Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Broad-winged Hawk 7 October 2015 Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Broad-winged Hawk 8 May 5th, 2016 Newton Hills State Park, South Dakota

Broad-winged Hawk 9 May 12th, 2019 Newton Hills State Park, South Dakota	Broad-winged Hawk 10 May 12th, 2019 Newton Hills State Park, South Dakota	Broad-winged Hawk 11 May 12th, 2019 Newton Hills State Park, South Dakota	Broad-winged Hawk 12 May 12th, 2019 Newton Hills State Park, South Dakota

Broad-winged Hawk 13 May 12th, 2019 Newton Hills State Park, South Dakota