Buteo swainsoni
Swainson’s Hawks are large hawks with short tails, broad wings, reddish brown to gray upperparts and generally have light bellies. Their plumage varies and they can be seen in light morphs, intermediate morphs and dark morphs.
Title: Adult dark morph Swainson’s Hawk on a National Wildlife Refuge sign
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/28/2022
Title: Dark morph Swainson’s Hawk on a National Wildlife Refuge sign
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/28/2022
Title: Adult dark morph Swainson’s Hawk in lift off pose
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/28/2022
Title: Adult dark morph Swainson’s Hawk prepping to lift off
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/28/2022
Title: Dark morph Swainson’s Hawk turning on a wooden post
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/28/2022
Title: Adult dark morph Swainson’s Hawk on a wooden post
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/28/2022
Title: Adult Swainson’s Hawk on a sagebrush perch
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/18/2021
Title: Adult Swainson’s Hawk nestled into sage
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/18/2021
Title: Swainson’s Hawk perched in sage
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/18/2021
Title: Calling immature Swainson’s Hawk and wild sunflowers
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 9/4/2019
Title: Immature Swainson’s Hawk with wildflowers
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 9/4/2019
Title: Sub-adult Swainson’s Hawk looking over its back
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/3/2018
Title: Sub-adult Swainson’s Hawk perched on a rusty pole
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/3/2018
Title: Female dark morph Swainson’s Hawk calling in grasses
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/4/2018
Title: Intermediate morph Swainson’s Hawk in flight with mountains in the background
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/18/2018
Title: Swainson’s Hawk with feather damage to underwing coverts in flight
Location: Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/13/2017 […]
Title: Swainson’s Hawk with feather damage to the underwing coverts
Location: Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/13/2017 […]
Title: Staring Swainson’s Hawk
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/22/2017
Title: Glaring Swainson’s Hawk
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/22/2017
Title: Swainson’s Hawk giving me the stink eye
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/22/2017
Title: Swainson’s Hawk on a gnarly fence post
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/22/2017
Title: Light morph sub-adult Swainson’s Hawk on a post
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/15/2017
Title: Close up of a sub-adult light morph Swainson’s Hawk
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/15/2017
Title: Morning light on a Swainson’s Hawk
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/15/2017
Title: Roadside Swainson’s Hawk
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/15/2017
Title: Adult Swainson’s Hawk on a rusty, metal post
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/3/2017
Title: Side view of a sub-adult dark morph Swainson’s Hawk
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/1/2017
Title: Rousing sub-adult dark morph Swainson’s Hawk
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/1/2017