[TN-Bird] Four Rough-legged Hawks - Tunica Co. MS
- From: OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx
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- Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 22:27:18 EST
Nov. 18, 2007
Tunica Co. MS
18 miles south of Memphis.
I was scouting a route for a raptor survey but the plan went out the window
for two reasons. The first reason was there were too many raptors, 41 in first
7 miles and then I ran up on a Rough-legged Hawk. Q.B.Gray had given me a
heads up on a bird he had seen in the area on Friday. I don't get the
opportunity to study Rough-legged very often so I gave up the route and sat
watching
this stunning immature, light morph perched and hunting.
I kept loosing the bird and it would show up in another area and I had told
Gene Knight there might be two and much to my surprise, I ended with two
kiting in my scope at the same time and shortly there after I had two perched
and
another immature light morph flying, all in the same field.
I decided to leave to get something to eat and out on the gravel road, I saw
a bird hunting the ditch line and heading in my direction. Low and behold it
was an adult, dark morph Rough-legged, a morph I had never seen around here
before.
I feel lucky to get a single Rough-legged once every few years but 4, all
within sight of each other and especially when the dark bird flies almost right
over your head, what can I say, TLBA strikes again.
I'll post photos as soon as I can.
Good Birding !!!
Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA
6300 Memphis-Arlington Road
Bartlett, TN 38135
http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/
What is this feathered thing that lifts my heart to the heavens.
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