4 Ferruginous Hawks in Fish Lake Valley and 12 possibly in Ha...


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4 Ferruginous Hawks in Fish Lake Valley and 12 possibly in Hammil Valley

Observers: Ted Williams
Email: ted@usamedia.tv
Remote Name: 72.47.2.26
Date: 11/17/2005
Time: 04:11 PM -0500

Sighting

On Saturday November 12th, in the morning, in southern Fish Lake Valley we saw 4 Ferruginous Hawks along with an American Kestrel and a Northern Harrier all in one large field. In the afternoon in Hammil Valley on highway 6, along a 6 mile stretch on telephone pole facing east we counted 12 hawks all of the same species. They appeared to be Ferruginous Hawks, but without a spotting scope and without them flying, there was no way to make a good identification. They were all amazingly similar and surprisingly close together.