[TN-Bird] Dark phase Rough-legged Hawk in Cumberland Co., Feb. 13
- From: "LeGrand Family" <elegrand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:52:10 -0600
Yesterday morning, Saturday Feb. 13, I saw a dark phase Rough-legged Hawk
along Hillendale Rd. in southern Cumberland County. This was at the area of
large hay fields where the Short-eared Owls were seen last winter (but none
this winter), and where a dark Rough-legged Hawk showed up on March 3, 2009.
I checked for the bird this morning (Sunday) without success. Yesterday's
bird was dark brownish-black above and below, but seen from above it had a
white base of the tail with a fairly wide solid black band at the end of the
tail (distinguishing it from Harlan's and typical of a female). From below,
the primaries and secondaries were silvery, contrasting with the dark front
of the wing. Above, the wings were uniformly dark (typical of an adult). I
reread my description of the bird from last year, and I suspect that it
might have been the same individual, especially given that I didn't have a
close look at the bird sitting in good light this time. Yesterday, I had a
fairly close view of it flying away, then distantly flying around before it
landed in a tree perhaps 3/4 mile away. When I later got within several
hundred yards, it flew off, giving me a distant scope view again.
-Ed LeGrand
Crossville, Cumberland Co., TN
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