By Mia McPherson|2021-11-06T07:42:49-05:00February 20th, 2019|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Rough-legged Hawks, Utah|Tags: adult, birds of prey, Buteo lagopus, Buteos, close up, clouds, foggy, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, light morph, low light, male, marsh, pellet, portrait, raptors, Rough-legged Hawk, snow, snowy, wetlands, winter|
I've never been this close to a Rough-legged Hawk expelling a pellet before and it is likely that I will never be this fortunate again. This Rough-legged Hawk was my best bird for the day and I'm glad I stopped and waited for him to expel the pellet before moving on down the auto tour route.