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Buteo lagopus

Rough-legged hawk chicks

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Rough-legged Hawk

by RogerHagermanMarion, Michigan, USA

2 1 Rough-legged Hawk

Rough-legged Hawk

by SanciaMatthyssenJackson Hole, Wyoming, USA

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Rough-legged Hawk (light phase)

by Tom15Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA

3 3 Rough-legged Hawk

Rough-legged Hawk

by CandicePerryStonehenge No. 73, Saskatchewan, Canada

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Rough-legged Hawk

by HeidiEatonColorado, USA

Smallish hawk

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Rough legged Hawk

by RogerHagermanMichigan, USA

I think this is a Rough legged Hawk?

4 3 Rough-legged Hawk

Rough-legged Hawk

by ChristyHollandColorado, USA

Plains northeast of Denver, Colorado

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Rough-Legged Hawk

by ryanfeeley97North Carolina, USA

@ the Carolina Raptor Center

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Rough-legged Hawk

by joanbstanleyUtah, USA

Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

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Rough-Legged Hawk

by JackGrahamDel Rey Oaks, California, USA

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Rough-Legged Hawk

by ChristyHollandBrighton, Colorado, USA

We followed this roughie from pole to pole...he/she was fun to photograph!

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Rough-Legged Hawk

by ChristyHollandBrighton, Colorado, USA

My first Roughie of the season!! They're a winter resident here in Colorado.

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Rough-Legged Hawk

by ChristyHollandDenver, Colorado, USA

This beautiful hawk flew perfectly even though he was missing half his tail!

1 2 Rough-legged Hawk

Rough-legged Hawk

by Tom15Seneca Falls, New York, USA

This was at the Montezuma Wildlife Refuge.

1 2 Rough-Legged Hawk

Rough-Legged Hawk

by ChristyHollandColorado, USA

Seemed to be the day for Roughies! Plains northeast of Denver, Colorado

1 2 Rough-Legged Hawk

Rough-Legged Hawk

by ChristyHollandColorado, USA

Gorgeous dark-morph Roughie!! Plains northeast of Denver, Colorado.

2 2 Rough-Legged Hawk

Rough-Legged Hawk

by ChristyHollandNorthglenn, Colorado, USA

Another beautiful, but distant, roughie!! Northeast of Denver, CO.

2 4 Rough-legged hawk

Rough-legged hawk

by textlessColorado, USA

This medium sized hawk was sitting on a fence post alongside a dirt road near ...

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Rough legged buzzard

by MatthewMidgleyEngland, United Kingdom

Scandinavia

4 3 Rough-legged hawk

Rough-legged hawk

by MATTGunnison, Colorado, USA

Adult light-morph

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Rough-legged Hawk (female)

by Brian38Ridgefield, Washington, United States

A large raptor with dark molted patterns on back, wings, and tail. Females have ...

2 3 Rough-Legged Hawk

Rough-Legged Hawk

by ChristyHollandBrighton, Colorado, USA

This gorgeous dark-morph Rough-Legged Hawk circled above us long enough for us ...

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Rough-Legged Hawk

by Joshua AselOregon, USA

One of my absolute favorite birds. This RLHW gave us a nice show. Light morph.

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Rough-legged Hawk

by RachelMAlberta, Canada

A Rough-legged Hawk waits for its wing to heal at the Cochrane Ecological ...

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Rough-Legged Hawk

by ChristyHollandColorado, USA

Oh yes she did!! And looking straight at us while she did it!! ;-) Plains ...

3 0 Rough-legged Hawk

Rough-legged Hawk

by LauraFrazierVirginia, USA

This gorgeous hawk was looking for a meal while sitting in a tree along Route ...

4 0 Female Rough-legged hawk (white morph)

Female Rough-legged hawk (white morph)

by Brian38Voltage, Oregon, United States

A medium to large bird of prey. Females usually have a pale head, extensive ...

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Rough-legged Hawk (light phase)

by Brian38Washington, USA

A winter visitor to this area these soaring hawks have light and dark phases ...

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Rough-legged Hawk

Rough-legged hawk, photographed in the Cunningham River canyon, Arctic Watch ...

2 3 Rough-legged hawk

Rough-legged hawk

by JonLutzDenver, Colorado, USA

Dark "cumberbund," wrist patches on ventral side of wings, feathered tarsi. ...

2 2 Rough-Legged Hawk

Rough-Legged Hawk

by ChristyHollandBrighton, Colorado, USA

A hawk of the North, the Rough-legged Hawk breeds in Arctic tundra and taiga ...

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Rough-Legged Hawk

by EmilyMarinoDenver, Colorado, USA

A hawk of the North, the Rough-legged Hawk breeds in Arctic tundra and taiga ...

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Rough-Legged Hawk

by ChristyHollandDenver, Colorado, USA

A hawk of the North, the Rough-legged Hawk breeds in Arctic tundra and taiga ...

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Rough-Legged Hawk

by ChristyHollandMonte Vista, Colorado, USA

A hawk of the North, the Rough-legged Hawk breeds in Arctic tundra and taiga ...

1 0 Rough-legged Hawk

Rough-legged Hawk

by Tom15Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA

A hawk of the North, the Rough-legged Hawk breeds in Arctic tundra and taiga ...

3 1 Rough-legged Hawk

Rough-legged Hawk

by Tom15Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA

This was the second Rough-legged Hawk that was at the Parker River National ...

3 3 Rough-Legged Hawk

Rough-Legged Hawk

by ChristyHollandDenver, Colorado, USA

The name "Rough-legged" Hawk refers to the feathered legs. The Rough-legged ...

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Rough-Legged Hawk

by EmilyMarinoColorado, USA

A hawk of the North, the Rough-legged Hawk breeds in Arctic tundra and taiga ...

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Rough-legged Hawk

by GregMastellerOhio, USA

A hawk of the North, the Rough-legged Hawk breeds in Arctic tundra and taiga ...

4 0 Rough-Legged Hawk

Rough-Legged Hawk

by ChristyHollandNorthglenn, Colorado, USA

A hawk of the North, the Rough-legged Hawk breeds in Arctic tundra and taiga ...

5 0 Rough-legged Hawk

Rough-legged Hawk

by Tom15Vermont, USA

While waiting for the flock of snow geese to fly in for the evening, a pair of ...

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