Rough Legged Red Tail Hawk

Every week I drive I-5, between Eugene and Albany.  I have gotten to expect to see certain Hawks, in certain places.  As a child of habit, birding and rock hounding, I tend to notice that which is out the ordinary.  On a recent weekend raptor hunt, I came upon this fellow on Mt. Tom rd. near the intersection with Coleman road.  I usually see a smaller, less mature bird there.  One not so colorful, and actually kind of wimpy looking.  This one was larger than the usual bird and standing on the ground near the road, made him a terrific photo opp.  I snapped on a couple shots before he took to the air to get away from me.  As you can see in the images, the bird has a beautifully colored tail.  He is nicely colored overall and is a fairly good sized Red Tail.  When I got a good look at the pictures at home however, I saw the shot of it's fuzzy legs.  His feet appear smaller than normal and wow what a nice pair of britches he's got on!  I know it's a Red Tail, the fourth image shows the true story, I just got a kick out of the resemblance in image two of a Rough Legged Hawk.  the last shot in this group is the usual resident hawk, it is normally in the trees along the  frontage portion of Mt. Tom road.  The images are not the best I have ever shot as far as focus, but I liked them so here they are.