Rough-legged Hawk Photos

Photography by Terry Sohl

My Favorite: Rough-legged Hawks are something that are sometimes easy to take for granted here, as in winter, there are areas and times where they are...everywhere. As in, days where I've seen >100 in one day, when poking around the grasslands of the central part of the state. I do have a lot of photos of them, but I think my favorite is the one below, where one had just taken flight from a post, and uncharacteristically took off towards me. Nice light, nice eye contact, and a great pose...one of my faves.

Rough-legged Hawk - Buteo lagopus


Rough-legged Hawk 1 January 7th, 2006 Fort Pierre National Grasslands, South Dakota	Rough-legged Hawk 2 January 9th, 2004 Near Presho, South Dakota	Rough-legged Hawk 3 February 12th, 2011 Lyman County, South Dakota	Rough-legged Hawk 4 January 9th, 2004 Near Presho, South Dakota

Rough-legged Hawk 5 November 26th, 2008 Fort Pierre National Grasslands, South Dakota	Rough-legged Hawk 6 November 26th, 2008 Fort Pierre National Grasslands, South Dakota	Rough-legged Hawk 7 February 19th, 2006 Fort Pierre National Grasslands, South Dakota	Rough-legged Hawk 8 March 1st, 2008 Fort Pierre National Grasslands, South Dakota

Rough-legged Hawk 9 November 26th, 2008 Fort Pierre National Grasslands, South Dakota	Rough-legged Hawk 10 November 26th, 2008 Fort Pierre National Grasslands, South Dakota	Rough-legged Hawk 11 November 26th, 2008 Fort Pierre National Grasslands, South Dakota	Rough-legged Hawk 12 November 26th, 2008 Fort Pierre National Grasslands, South Dakota

Rough-legged Hawk 13 January 4th, 2009 Fort Pierre National Grasslands, South Dakota	Rough-legged Hawk 14 January 10th, 2010 Lyman County, South Dakota	Rough-legged Hawk 15 January 4th, 2009 Fort Pierre National Grasslands, South Dakota	Rough-legged Hawk 16 December 19th, 2009 Near Presho, South Dakota

Rough-legged Hawk 17 January 17th, 2010 Lyman County, South Dakota	Rough-legged Hawk 18 January 17th, 2010 Lyman County, South Dakota	Rough-legged Hawk 19 January 17th, 2010 Lyman County, South Dakota	Rough-legged Hawk 20 November 27th, 2010 Lyman County, South Dakota

Rough-legged Hawk 21 November 27th, 2010 Lyman County, South Dakota	Rough-legged Hawk 22 November 27th, 2010 Lyman County, South Dakota	Rough-legged Hawk 23 November 27th, 2010 Lyman County, South Dakota	Rough-legged Hawk 24 February 12th, 2011 Near Presho, South Dakota

Rough-legged Hawk 25 February 12th, 2011 Near Presho, South Dakota	Rough-legged Hawk 26 February 12th, 2011 Near Presho, South Dakota	Rough-legged Hawk 27 November 27th, 2011 Fort Pierre National Grasslands, South Dakota	Rough-legged Hawk 28 November 27th, 2012 Fort Pierre National Grasslands, South Dakota

Rough-legged Hawk 29 February 2nd, 2014 Lyman County, South Dakota	Rough-legged Hawk 30 February 2nd, 2014 Lyman County, South Dakota	Rough-legged Hawk 31 February 17th, 2012 Fort Pierre National Grasslands, South Dakota	Rough-legged Hawk 32 January 18th, 2015 Lyman County, South Dakota

Rough-legged Hawk 33 December 27th, 2016 Near Presho, South Dakota	Rough-legged Hawk 34 December 27th, 2016 Near Presho, South Dakota	Rough-legged Hawk 35 January 2nd, 2021 Near Brookings, South Dakota	Rough-legged Hawk 36 January 2nd, 2021 Near Brookings, South Dakota

Rough-legged Hawk 37 January 7th, 2017 Newton Hills State Park, South Dakota