A Rough-legged Hawk from the Plum Island MA hawkwatch.

A Cooper's Hawk from the Plum Island MA hawkwatch.

A Cooper's Hawk from the Plum Island MA hawkwatch.

A Red-shouldered Hawk from the Plum Island MA hawkwatch.

Spring #Hawkwatch is on at Plum Island MA.
We had a late #RoughLeggedHawk migrating, 10 #NorthernHarriers (1 ad M Gray Ghost), a handful of #CoopersHawk, an uncommon #RedShoulderedHawk and plenty of Turkey Vultures wandering about. More on the way!

Today we have some wild weather in our area. Rain, snow and ice. Looking forward to warmer weather. Today we have a Rough-legged Hawk sometimes know as a Rough-legged Buzzard. Enjoy!! #roughleggedhawk

I didn't have a smaller googly eye.
Happy Imbolc - we've passed the darkest days of the year! Happy Groundhog Day - ol' Balzac Billy says more winter.
Happy Full Snow Moon
#googlyeyes #googlyhawks #roughleggedhawk #localphotographers #febrarry

A portrait of a Rough-Legged Hawk on an sparkling pale green background. Its head and body are covered in brown and white feathers. It has large pale green eyes with large black pupils and a short, hooked grey beak. Around its beak and mouth is a bit of yellow and orange. The hawk is outlined with sketchy white lines.

January 16, 2026

Rough-Legged Hawk

Background Paint: Lake Trout (mica)

#watercolour #watercolor #painting #art #artYear #artSky #rollandpaint #OnlyBeautifulThings #BCBirds #birds #birdArt #roughLeggedHawk #hawk

Rough-legged Hawk along my White Swan west winter raptor survey route 2025-12-20, one of four I saw this day. #birds #RoughLeggedHawk #YakimaBirds #WinterRaptorSurvey #BirdOnAWire

Rough-Legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus)

📍 Wallkill River National Wildife Refuge
🗓️ December 21, 2025
📸 Nikon D500 | 200-500mm

#roughleggedhawk #raptors #birdsofprey @nature.org @aba.org @abcbirds.bsky.social @mybirdcards.com @nycbirdalliance.org @audubon.org

Rough-Legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus)

📍 Wallkill River National Wildife Refuge (NY/NJ)
🗓️ December 21, 2025
📸 Nikon D500 | 200-500mm

#roughleggedhawk #raptors #birdsofprey @aba.org @abcbirds.bsky.social @mybirdcards.com @billpaquin.bsky.social @audubon.org @littoralsociety.bsky.social

Rough-legged Hawk 🦅
A true northern traveler! These hawks breed on the Arctic tundra of Alaska and Canada, then migrate thousands of miles south to open fields and prairies each winter. Look for their dark wrist patches habit of hovering while hunting.
#hawk #raptor #bird #flying #roughleggedhawk

Collage of a Rough-legged Hawk flyby (light morph)

Getting that first Roughie of the year is always a good feeling. This light morph #RoughLeggedHawk flew by the Cape May #Hawkwatch on October 15th, probably a little early compared to your average winter migrant. 🦅❄️🪶 #birding

Rough-legged Hawk mid-flight against a clear blue sky, wings lifted and sunlight glowing through its feathers. Common Name: Rough-legged Hawk Scientific Name: Buteo lagopus Family: Accipitridae Genus: Buteo Order: Accipitriformes Shutter speed: 1/2500 s ISO: 1000 Focal length: 800 mm

A Rough-legged Hawk glides through a perfect prairie morning, sunlight warming each feather in the chill air.

“Those who fly solo have the strongest wings.” — Anonymous

#RoughLeggedHawk #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #RaptorWatch #ManitobaWildlife

Sketches of three birds. From left to right: pacific wren, white wagtail and rough-legged hawk. All three birds are wearing hats. The wren has on a newspaper cap and has a small shoulder strap bag holding some newspapers. The wagtail is strutting with a fantastic fedora. Last but not least the hawk has on a tall top hat. Not Doug Dimmadome levels of tall, but still at least two or three hawk heads tall.

Might come back to visit these sketches later! 🪶🎩

🪶 #HawkOfTheDay
This #RoughLeggedHawk was observed in #Jemseg,
#NewBrunswick, Canada
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My first #RoughLeggedHawk! On this day it was a bitterly cold (5 degrees F) and a biting wind. The only other soul I crossed paths with said I was crazy being outside, but if I wasn't out I would have missed this magnificent bird!

Taken Feb 2025 in Illinois #birds #birdphotography #birdsinflight

#roughleggedhawk #birds
#canada #elbowsup

Rough-legged hawk in flight.

A rough-legged hawk launching at Sax-Zim Bog, Minnesota.

#birds #birdphotography #photographersofbluesky #roughleggedhawk #birdsofprey #raptorphotography #birdsinflight

Not a clean photo by any means, but we had a dark morph rough-legged hawk in my area recently and I managed to get a glimpse! They were unfortunately very skittish, pulling over only gave me about 5 seconds to photograph before it flew off.

#birds #roughleggedhawk

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This #RoughLeggedHawk was observed in #Sackville,
#NewBrunswick, Canada
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This #RoughLeggedHawk #DarkMorph was observed in #Sackville,
#NewBrunswick, Canada
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This #RoughLeggedHawk was observed in #Sackville,
#NewBrunswick, Canada
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A Rough-Legged Hawk in a tree.

A Rough-Legged Hawk in flight.

A Rough-Legged Hawk in flight.

A Rough-Legged Hawk in flight.

This morning we went out to see if we could get some shots of the Red-Tailed Hawk that we've seen around here. We didn't see that one, but we did see this Rough-Legged Hawk. It's really fun to see such cool birds nearby!

-P

#birding #birdphotography #hamont #hawk #roughleggedhawk

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This #RoughLeggedHawk was observed in #Sackville,
#NewBrunswick, Canada
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This #RoughLeggedHawk was observed in #Sackville,
#NewBrunswick, Canada
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🪶 #HawkOfTheDay
This #RoughLeggedHawk was observed in #Sackville,
#NewBrunswick, Canada
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#WildLife #WildLifePhotography #Hawk #Canon
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🪶 #HawkOfTheDay
This #RoughLeggedHawk was observed in #Sackville,
#NewBrunswick, Canada
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#WildLife #WildLifePhotography #Hawk #Canon
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This #RoughLeggedHawk was observed in #Sackville,
#NewBrunswick, Canada
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#NatureConneXion #NatureLovers #🪶