[CT Birds] Light Rough legged Hawk

[ed3max via CTBirds]

Hunting field adjacent to Durham Meadows across stream.

Ed Haesche,Guilford

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[Chuck Imbergamo via CTBirds]

This morning I visited Frederick White farm in Durham (aka the Durham fairgrounds) and it took about an hour for the light phase Rough-legged to show up, but the wait paid off!

Initially spotted by Dan Rottino over the tree line north of the fairgrounds area, the bird hover-hunted and soared overhead for great looks and photo ops. It was last seen in the area near the skating pond along Route 68.

Photos are in my checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S293324622

What a bird!!

Chuck Imbergamo
CT Birds Moderator
Madison

> On Jan 8, 2026, at 3:28 PM, ed3max via CTBirds <ctb...@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote:
> Hunting field adjacent to Durham Meadows across stream.