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Rough-legged Hawks Have Returned & Expect Big Changes At Bear River MBR

By Mia McPherson|October 17th, 2018|Categories: American Pipits, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Red-tailed Hawks, Rough-legged Hawks, Utah|Tags: adult, American Pipit, Anthus rubescens, board, burned, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteo lagopus, Buteos, dike, first of season, first of year, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, invasive, lift off, marsh, mitigate, perched, phragmites, pipit, pipits, raptors, red tail, Red-tailed Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, sub-adult|

My big excitement yesterday morning was seeing my first, second and third of the year Rough-legged Hawks at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge and the next thing was seeing all the changes that have happened at the refuge since my last visit.