Barry Co. birding plus hawk photo/question

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Steve Santner and I birded Barry County today. Highlights included:
 
Orchard Oriole:  1st summer male on Jordon Road between Cunningham  Road and 
Rush Road
 
Northern Mockingbird:  singing from the front yard of a home at 5960  Barber 
Road, between Brown Road
        and Carlton Center  Road
 
Red-headed Woodpecker:  along Brown Road between Fry Road and Tischner  Road
 
Henslow's Sparrow and Grasshopper Sparrow:  at least one of each in a  large 
field on the west side of Harris 
        Creek Road between 108th  Street and Parmalee
 
I uploaded to the photo-sharing  site 
(http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html)
two  photos of a Broad-winged Hawk. We saw the hawk fly in and land in a  
tree. Just after landing, the bird stretched out its wings and tail  feathers and 
perched like that for about five minutes. It did not have any prey  in its 
talons, so it wasn't guarding a meal. Has anyone ever seen a hawk do that  
before? I've seen Blue Jays in my yard stretch out in the sun in that manner,  and 
always assumed they were enjoying some sunbathing. Any ideas as to what this  
bird was doing????
 
Darlene Friedman
Novi



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