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