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| We have two
Rough-Legged Hawks at the zoo--one male and one female.
Bobo is the male and
Hawkeye is the name of the female. Both are
amputees (missing one wing).
You will often see them hanging out together on the
floor of their exhibit. They also enjoy climbing on the lower
branches in the exhibit. The rough-legged hawks share their
home with Jacks, our red-tailed hawk.
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| Rough-Legged Hawks
are large hawks that commonly winter in Wisconsin. They breed and
spend their summers in
Canada
before migrating down to the
United States
to find food for the winter.
Rough-legged hawks got their name from the feathering
that extends all the way down to their toes.
The only other North American raptors that display this
characteristic are Golden Eagles and Ferruginous Hawks.
Rough-legged hawks like to eat small mammals (like
prairie dogs and rabbits), but will occasionally take a bird
as well.
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Rough-Legged Hawk Range in North America |
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| For more information,
please visit the Cornell Lab of Ornithology http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Rough-legged_Hawk_dtl.html. |
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