1/5 Missouri Bootheel FEHW

2021-01-05 Missouri Bootheel
A very rare visitor to Missouri showed up in the Missouri bootheel.
A Ferruginous Hawk. This is the largest of the North American Buteos.
It was located at the intersection of Hwy TT & 703 in Dunklin County, Missouri.
The Ferruginous Hawk is No. 353 on my Lifetime List of Bird Species Photographed in Missouri.

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A few of the birds seen, complete set and larger sizes in galleries.
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Ferruginous Hawk

Ferruginous Hawk
First sighting

Ferruginous Hawk

Ferruginous Hawk

Ferruginous Hawk

Ferruginous Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk (Krider's)

Red-tailed Hawk (Krider's)

Red-tailed Hawk (Krider's)

Ferruginous Hawk
& Red-tailed Hawk

Ferruginous Hawk location

Photos from gallery