Since there has been few reports of Rough-legged Hawks this winter I thought I should share my experience today. As I crawled down Old Perth Road near Almonte a large shadow cross my view revealing a beautiful Rough-legged Hawk cruising across the road. He landed in a large tree maybe 50 m from the road so I pulled over just to enjoy the sight of such a magnificent bird as well as post it to eBird. After about 5 minutes he swooped down just inside the fence and made two runs at a rather timorous beastie; a vole I believe but I am not expert in Rodentia (if that is indeed the correct term)?
The wee beast scurried this way and that and succeeded in escaping to live another day. The Roughie seemed unperturbed and flew off to the north. Such are the real day to day events of life for most of the planets species. Cheers Iain Directions Get to Almonte. Go west as if to Almonte Lagoons on Wolf Grove Road and turn south on Ramsay 8th. Go south until Old Perth Road and turn right. Look in the open fields a few hundred meters along both in a the air and on the snow. Maybe my brave beastie will still be there. Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
