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The ferruginous hawk, aka ferrugineous rough-leg, can be found throughout the western half of Canada and the United States and on down throughout Mexico. These are the largest buteo (not true hawk, aka buzzard) species in North America. They prefer agricultural land, lowlands, rolling hills of grass lands, plains, plateaus, […]

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