It has been pointed out to me I possibly saw a Rough-Legged Hawk. I looked at Sibley and confess it could have been a light-phase juvenile Rough-legged Hawk. Eye stripe was pretty distinct so along with its behavior that led me to ID as an Osprey.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Keith Carlson <keitheca...@gmail.com> Date: Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 10:14 PM Subject: Osprey Hovering To: "MOU-NET@lists.umn.edu" <MOU-NET@lists.umn.edu> On Jody Avenue just north of Withrow in Washington County, I enjoyed watching an Osprey hovering over a waterlogged field for at least 40 seconds (time enough for me to grab my binoculars,make the ID, flip on my car's flashers and start backing to driveway to pull off) before it spooked and flew off. I had forgotten over the winter that Ospey did this like Red Tail Hawks along freeway right of ways when hunting rodents. Keith Carlson Roseville, MN ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
