On a windy walk late yesterday morning in Brooktondale, I came upon what l was sure was an early turkey vulture-long wings (a bit narrow, though); long, straight tail; very dark above and below; pronounced dihedral to wings; and the characteristic rocking motion. As it flew over me, the head didn't seem right, however; then it drifted over a nearby field and began hover-hunting which gave it away as a very dark morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, the first I've seen in the area this winter.
Steve Fast Brooktondale -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
