The question is not if it was a Rough-legged Hawk but is it getting
late for them to be in eastern WA.

Yesterday ten miles east of Grand Coulee (where the wheat fields
start) we saw a RLHA. It was an easy ID as it was hovering near the
edge of the road.

We also watched some new (to us) behavior by a Male Northern Harrier.
He would fly horizontal and get up some speed then pitch straight up
(not flapping its wings) until it stalled, at that point it would
pitch over and head down with a few wing beats and do the same thing
over and over again. He did this at least a dozen times and them met
up with a female harrier. I heard her say "stop showing off!! and go
get me some breakfast". :-))

Jerry and Sandy Converse
Grand Coulee, WA
mailto:sanjer at televar.com
http://ConverseCorner.com

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