[va-bird] Hawks & Owls / Northern Valley

On Saturday afternoon, we birded parts of Frederick & Clarke counties primarily 
looking for raptors. My daughter Karen was here taking a respite from COLD 
Minneapolis. Ian Topolsky came with us and Sue Heath joined us later to look 
for owls. 
One highlight of the day was a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK in a new spot that was found 
by Sue Heath before we met her. This bird is a few miles north of Winchester. 
The original RLHA was refound south of Middletown at the Cedar Creek 
Battlefield where it's been since Christmas.

Raptors for the day:

Harrier - 6 (1M; 5 Female or imm.)
Cooper's Hawk - 3
Red-shouldered Hawk - 4
Red-tailed Hawk - 30
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK - 2 (light morph)
Kestrel - 11
Great Horned Owl - 1
SHORT-EARED OWL - 5

Aside from raptors, other notable birds were a flock of 23 Meadowlarks in the 
SEOW field as well as the male Blue-winged Teal we found on New Years Day. 
Notable vehicle was a "cherry" '58 Edsel.

Jon & BJ Little
Winchester




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