Sunday, January 7, 2018

Hovering Hawk




I shot this through the front windshield...or I think it would have been a bit clearer.  I think it is a Rough-legged Hawk.  I am so used to seeing Northern Harriers do this, but then as we got closer and seen the wings, I thought not.  When I looked it up on All About Birds, it says the Rough-legged Hawk can hover if it is facing into the wind.  This one did exactly that.  It would hover for a while, then break away and fly on a little ways, then turn around and face into the wind and hover some more.  This was shot today.

11 comments:

  1. I have never seen a hawk do this! Splendid video!!

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  2. You caught a magical moment! We have had a hawk hanging around. That's not uncommon, but the other day he was actually in our garage!! I have not been able to identify him. He looks like a Sharp Shin but has a band of pretty brown around his neck.
    xx, Carol

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  3. Cool video! I never saw a hawk, or any bird for that matter, hover in one place like that.

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  4. ...I must say that I don't know my hawks.

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  5. I have never seen that either, great video and i loved hearing yours and Rogers voices.

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  6. Great video Rose! As Sandra says it was lovely to hear you and Roger talking.

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  7. Great video of the hovering hawk.... Interesting information for sure... I've never seen one hover like that... So glad you got the video.

    Happy 2018

    Hugs,
    Betsy

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  8. How cool is that. Flying in place!

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  9. wow...great video! I would have thought Harrier, too, but have never seen a Rough-legged hawk. It's neat when they do that.

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