22 Free Photos of Buteo Swainsoni

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Swainson's Hawk at Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge

Photo Credit: USFWS

Silhouette of a swainson's hawk on Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Swainson's hawk in Russian olive tree on Bowdoin NWR

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Swainson's hawk, dark morph. Photo by Keith Penner

Swainson's hawk feather, August 2015 in Wibaux County, Montana.

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A hawk leaves its perch on a fence post at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge.

Photo Credit: Rich Keen / DPRA

Swainson's hawk nest, on a wetland in Cascade County, June 2017

The distinctive call of a Swanison's hawk, with a western meadowlark in the background.

Video: Tom Koerner/USFWS

A subadult Swainson's hawk takes off from a fence post at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge.

Photo Credit: Rich Keen / DPRA

Swainson's hawks have one of the longest migration routes of raptors. They spend the winter in Argentina and migrate back to western North America for the summer, a roundtrip journey of up to 17,000 m

A juvenile Swainson's hawk on Seedskadee NWR. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Swainson's hawk, dark morph. Photo by Keith Penner

Swainson's hawk, dark morph. Photo by Keith Penner

Starting in late August and September, nearly the whole population of Swainson’s hawks migrates from North America to Argentina, a roundtrip of more than 12,000 miles for the northernmost breeders. .

Swainson's Hawk, Cascade County, June 2017

This living showcase of the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains, with elevations ranging from 8,000 feet in the wet, grassy valleys to 14,259 feet at the weather-ravaged top of Longs Peak, provi

Swainson's hawk gladly uses a center pivot sprinkler system as a perch to scan the surrounding sagebrush sea for prey.

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Along the Nez Perce National Historic Trail, in the Centennial Valley near Monida, MT. US Forest Service photo, by Roger Peterson

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