Rough-legged Hawk Mom Feeds Her Chicks at a Nest Along Alaska’s Colville River

This YouTube video was produced by The Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Watch as a pair of Rough-legged Hawks work together to raise their chicks, in this excerpt from our documentary on the raptors of the Colville River Special Area, Alaska. Cornell Lab cinematographer Gerrit Vyn takes you up onto a steep cliffside for intimate views of the mom tending her growing chicks during the long days of the Arctic summer.

Watch the full Colville River Raptors documentary and learn more: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/alaska-colville-river-arctic-hawks-falcons-video

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is a membership institution dedicated to interpreting and conserving the earth’s biological diversity through research, education, and citizen science focused on birds.

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