A Rough-legged Hawk takes flight from the very top branches of a tree along Glenwood Road in Warwick. These hawks hunt for mice and voles in the Black Dirt flatlands, the same food source consumed by the year-round Red-Tailed Hawks, American Kestrels, Northern Harriers and Short Eared Owls. The Rough-legged Hawk, whose wingspan averages 52 inches, will return back to the arctic tundra where it spends the summer capturing lemmings and tending to their cliff isle nests. Photos by Robert G. Breese.
