This morning at 8:40 I observed a Rough-legged Hawk hunting over a CRP field on the south side of Co. Rd. 23 just west of Co. Rd. 2.
I identified the hawk by the two distinctive black wrist patches on the white wing linings. Also, the tail was white underneath with a broad, black band at the tip of its tail. The board soared over the field and occasionally "hovered" by rapidly flapping its wings and remaining motionless in the stiff wind. At one point it perched atop a power pole allowing me to view it from just 50 feet away from inside my vehicle. Sadly I did not have my camera along. ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
