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Rough-legged Hawks
- To: carolinabirds@acpub.duke.edu
- Subject: Rough-legged Hawks
- From: Mike Tove <mtove@nissan.net>
- Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 22:42:44 -0500
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Greetings all,
As a follow-up to John Wright's post regarding the Rough-legged hawks
being seen at Alligator Refuge, I can personally verify that there are
AT LEAST 2 individuals present. The first, an adult male I watched at
length on 2-6 is what I call a "level 3" light phase. The belly band is
streaked with a small mid-band break and the underwing wrist marks are
mottled. The uppertail is about 65% white. The second bird is what I
call a "normal phase or a "level 4" bird. The belly band is solid black,
the underwing wrist marks are large, bold black oval patches and only
about 40% of the uppertail is white. Jeff Pippen and I had two Rough-leg
sightings at Alligator Refuge on 2-5, neither off which was the phase 3
bird, although may have referred to a single individual. Jeff also saw a
very distant bird, while watching the first which may have been a second
bird.
Also, there is an unusually pale male N. Harrier which could easily be
mistaken for something else - such as a White-tailed Kite.
Mike Tove
mtove@nissan.net
Cary, NC