FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Rough-legged Hawk in Carroll Co; 2/5/08

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2/5/08
Hwy 79 between Trezevant & McKenzie
Carroll Co

On the way home from work this morning I had a dark-morph Rough-leg flying 
at a steady pace to the southwest. I 1st saw the bird flying towards me, 
noting a dark-morph with a less-labored wingbeat than a Red-tail usually 
shows. I had to wait for traffic so I could turn around, and finally caught 
up with the bird well enough to get binocs on it in the distance. I never 
saw the bird soar, or do anything other than steady flap and glide.

This is my 1st local Rough-leg, though we have some suitable habitat in the 
area. When I got home I had 4 species of finch perched in a tree in the 
yard, with several Purples, and a Pine Siskin with a few House Finches and 
American Goldfinches around as usual.

Good Birding!!

Mike Todd
McKenzie, TN
birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.pbase.com/mctodd

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