This morning I visited Frederick White farm in Durham (aka the Durham fairgrounds) and it took about an hour for the light phase Rough-legged to show up, but the wait paid off!
Initially spotted by Dan Rottino over the tree line north of the fairgrounds area, the bird hover-hunted and soared overhead for great looks and photo ops. It was last seen in the area near the skating pond along Route 68.
> On Jan 8, 2026, at 3:28 PM, ed3max via CTBirds <ctbirds...> wrote:
> Hunting field adjacent to Durham Meadows across stream.
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> Ed Haesche,Guilford
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