There's about 4 of these flying around a globe thistle and checking out the old hollow stems
I haven't learned how to identify hawks yet
I think it might be a rough legged hawk but I'm not confident
This observation is for the insect which appears to be a species of Moths ...
(I will make a separate observation for the plant with the pink blossom.) ...
Found near the gate at the north central section of the Fargo Waste Stabilization Ponds, in NW Fargo, ND.