Rough-legged Hawk, plate by John James Audubon
Audubon, Birds of America, plate 166, as “Rough-legged Falcon”
Owls & hawks

Rough-legged Hawk

Buteo lagopus
“On the windy bluebird day of February 21 my wife, son and I were exploring the farmost fringes of a frozen over Great Pond and spotted an immature light-phased Rough-legged Hawk.”
March 10, 2021 · Read the column
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Feb 6, 2019

On this same day there was Rough-legged Hawk along Black Point Road in Scarborough.

Mar 10, 2021

On the windy bluebird day of February 21 my wife, son and I were exploring the farmost fringes of a frozen over Great Pond and spotted an immature light-phased Rough-legged Hawk.