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[Ontbirds] Rough-legged Hawks, Ottawa

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Donald Wigle
Tue, Oct 19, 2010 10:55 PM

We saw two Rough-legged Hawks west of Ottawa this afternoon along March Valley Road.  One of the Rough-legged Hawks was harassed several times by a Cooper's Hawk.  One of the birds appeared to be a Juvenile dark morph as shown in the photograph at this link:

https://sites.google.com/a/ontariobird.com/ontario-birds/Home/galleries/hawks--buteos

Don Wigle

Directions:  see link to Google map

http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=march+valley+road,+kanata&sll=49.891235,-97.15369&sspn=67.548597,63.720703&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=March+Valley+Rd,+Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&z=14

We saw two Rough-legged Hawks west of Ottawa this afternoon along March Valley Road. One of the Rough-legged Hawks was harassed several times by a Cooper's Hawk. One of the birds appeared to be a Juvenile dark morph as shown in the photograph at this link: https://sites.google.com/a/ontariobird.com/ontario-birds/Home/galleries/hawks--buteos Don Wigle Directions: see link to Google map http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=march+valley+road,+kanata&sll=49.891235,-97.15369&sspn=67.548597,63.720703&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=March+Valley+Rd,+Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&z=14