The light phase Rough-legged Hawk first reported by Sara Eisenhauer  
this morning was still in the same area at 12:53 PM. The hawk was  
flying back and forth around a line of trees along the boundary  
between Norwich and Thetford and thus visible from Windsor County and  
potentially from Orange County as well.

My observations of the Rough-leg in flight were made from Norwich  
while my vehicle was parked pointed westward along the north side of  
Stevens Road where it passes through a section of Northeast Corner  
Farm and just to the east of the right angle bend after which Stevens  
Road goes uphill northward into Thetford. This observation point is  
just off to the west of Route 5.

The Rough-legged Hawk has been a rarity in the Upper Valley at least  
in recent years, and special thanks go to Sara for alerting us via UVB  
about this unusual bird.

George Clark
Norwich, VT

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