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Kiting Rough-legged Hawk

By Mia McPherson|December 27th, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Rough-legged Hawks, Utah|Tags: birds of prey, Buteo lagopus, flight, flying, Great Salt Lake, hawk, hawks, hovering, hunting, immature, kiting, light morph, raptors, Rough-legged Hawk, shoreline, winter, young|

Rough-legged Hawks are known for kiting or hovering nearly motionless in the air while turning their head side to side to look for prey on the ground below them.

Rough-legged Hawk Kiting, Being Bit and Eating on the Fly

By Mia McPherson|January 19th, 2012|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Rough-legged Hawks, Utah|Tags: birds of prey, Buteo lagopus, Buteos, eating, eating in flight, flight, flying, goofy, Great Salt Lake, hawks, Hawks of Utah, hovering, immature, kiting, prey, raptors, Rough-legged Hawk, vole, young|

These images are from an afternoon just like that when I happened to find and point out a lovely Rough-legged Hawk on a breezy day.