Rough-legged Hawk in Bridgeport Valley

Observers: River Gates, Jeff Maurer and Yvette Garcia
Email: rgates@prbo.org
Remote Name: 209.221.222.22
Date: 02/21/04
Time: 10:48 AM

Sighting

On our way out to Buckeye Hotsprings we flushed a juvenile Rough-legged Hawk off a fence post in the Bridgeport Valley. It had a really dark chest and wrists, the rest of the bird was strikingly similar in color to the snow. Spectacular!