Rough-legged Hawk - first-winter, Hinsdale, Cheshire Co., NH. February 22nd, 2021.
The generally excellent run of good fortune with local Rough-legged Hawks continued today when I found this beauty hunting farmland just eight minutes north of my house in Northfield. Much like the two individuals along the Mohawk Trail in Charlemont, MA during Jan-Feb, this was another light morph but with notably thick black striations and a pretty extensive black-brown belly patch giving it an overall darker cast than the other light morphs that I've seen so far this winter. Fortunately there was enough snow-free verge to pull completely off Northfield Road and watch it hunt (successfully) from the roadside. Great views of my favorite North American buteo!
Rough-legged Hawk - first-winter, Hinsdale, Cheshire Co., NH. February 22nd, 2021.
Successfully caught a rodent!
Rough-legged Hawk - location relative to Hinsdale and Northfield, February 22nd, 2021.
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