This morning after the rain let up, I went out for a walk around my 
apartment complex behind Polaris Towne Center in southern Delaware 
County.  I was expecting to see the usual finches, mimids, and corvids, 
which I did.
I also saw a Least Bittern.  That was a life bird for me.  Fortunately, I 
was able to get some pictures of it.  
Then a found a Pie-Billed Grebe on one of the ponds.  Although that wasn't 
a life bird, it was a first for this location.
Looking up from the pond, I saw what I believe was a broad-winged hawk 
down toward Lazelle Rd.  It was hovering in the air hunting for its 
lunch.  
Is hovering a known hunting technique of the broad-winged hawk?  The only 
other raptors I've ever seen do that are an American Kestrel and a 
Northern Harrier.  It was much too big to be a Kestrel and didn't look 
like a Harrier.
I will post pictures of the bittern and the grebe in the member photo 
section of the forum shortly.  I don't have pictures of the hawk though.  
Sorry.

Al LaSala
Columbus, OH

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