Swainson's Hawk Photos

A beautiful raptor that summers in South Dakota.  Like other Buteo hawks, they have various different color morphs.  I've been fortunate enough to get good photos of each of the color morphs, which are shown below.

Click on the thumbnail for high-resolution photos.  Click here for the species description page for the Swainson's Hawk.

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Swainson's Hawk 1 (Intermediate morph)

Swainson's Hawk 2 (Juvenile)

Swainson's Hawk 3 (Juvenile)

Swainson's Hawk 4 (Light morph)

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Swainson's Hawk 5 (Light morph)

Swainson's Hawk 6 (Intermediate morph)

Swainson's Hawk 7 (Light morph)

Swainson's Hawk 8 (Light morph)

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Swainson's Hawk 9 (Dark morph)

Swainson's Hawk 10 (Dark morph)

 

 

Swainson's Hawk - Buteo swainsoni

Swainson's Hawk #6 shown above 

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