Cold-weather hawk
Unlike many other hawks, Rough-legged Hawks fly over open water and migrate with little help from the wind
Contributed by Paul Kerlinger
Published:
November 1, 2006
Contributing Editor Paul Kerlinger explains the migratory behaviors of the Rough-legged Hawk, a buteo that leaves its arctic and boreal breeding range to winter in the northern and central lower 48 states. He recounts the research of Ted Swem, a biologist with the U.S. FIsh and Wildlife Service who has studied Rough-leg migration, and he describes how the bird flies where thermal updrafts are scarce.
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