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Rough-legged hawk

Buteo lagopus

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Field Notes

Notes:

Rough-legged hawk or red-shouldered hawk? The latter is more common at Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, but I'm not confident of the ID. Unfortunately there were no frontal views available on this snowy December day in 2007.

Reference Links:

Rough-legged Hawk, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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PublishedJanuary 8, 2017

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