[birding] Rough-legged hawks?

[Jeff Fleischer]

Steve and all,

Just wanted to let the group know that while driving around Linn County south of Hwy 34 yesterday (March 25), I came across one ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK along Sevenmile Lane due east of Saddle Butte and another just east of the intersection of Fayetteville Dr and Peoria Rd, both places where I have seen them throughout the winter.  I also located one MERLIN in a front yard tree of a house at the east edge of the town of Shedd along Fayetteville Dr.  Looks like we have a few hangers on yet :)

Jeff Fleischer
Albany

--- On Sun, 3/14/10, Steve Seibel <sseibel999 at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Steve Seibel <sseibel999 at gmail.com>
Subject: [birding] Rough-legged hawks?
To:
 birding at midvalleybirding.org
Date: Sunday, March 14, 2010, 9:29 AM

It would be interesting to watch for an earlier-than-usual "last" date for wintering Rough-legged hawks in the Willamette Valley this year.  I can't remember when I've seen one last -- or what a typical "last" date would be.  I'll keep notes for the rest of the season if I see any more....the last one I actually jotted down was Feb 16 but I'm sure I've seen one later than that, I'll check the Prairie Overlook at Finley later today...  Steve Seibel


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