Swainson’s Hawk
Buteo swainsoni
The Swainson’s Hawk is a world class traveller. Large groups, or kettles, will gather to migrate between Argentina and the Western USA. Some birds will breed all the way to northern Yukon in Canada and northeastern Alaska.

Swainson's Hawk(Buteo swainsoni) |
Description: My first meeting with this raptor. Eastern foot of the Chiracahua Mountains. South Eastern Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2003:08:27 9:25 |
Location:
Portal |
Camera Information: NIKON D1X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/1250 |
File Name: JCD_1013SwainsonsHawk |
© 2003 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Swainson's Hawk(Buteo swainsoni) |
Description: My first meeting with this raptor. Eastern foot of the Chiracahua Mountains. South Eastern Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2003:08:27 9:26 |
Location:
Portal |
Camera Information: NIKON D1X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/1500 |
File Name: JCD_1023SwainsonsHawk |
© 2003 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Swainson's Hawk(Buteo swainsoni) |
Description: Hawk Watch. Borrego Springs, California. San Diego County 2012-03-24. |
Date Taken: 2012:03:24 9:31 |
Location:
Borrego Valley |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/3200 |
File Name: D3X8778-SwainsonsHawk |
© 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Swainson's Hawk(Buteo swainsoni) |
Description: Hawk Watch. Borrego Springs, California. San Diego County 2012-03-24. |
Date Taken: 2012:03:24 9:32 |
Location:
Borrego Valley |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/3200 |
File Name: D3X8803-SwainsonsHawk |
© 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Swainson's Hawk(Buteo swainsoni) |
Description: My first meeting with this raptor. Eastern foot of the Chiracahua Mountains. South Eastern Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2003:08:27 9:26 |
Location:
Portal |
Camera Information: NIKON D1X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/1250 |
File Name: JCD_1021SwainsonsHawk |
© 2003 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Swainson's Hawk(Buteo swainsoni) |
Description: Perched near US-Highway 395 north of Doyle California. |
Date Taken: 2016:04:23 8:50 |
Location:
Herlong Junction |
Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: D728214-SwainsonsHawk |
© 2016 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Swainson's Hawk(Buteo swainsoni) |
Description: Nesting pair along US-Highway 395 south of Doyle California. |
Date Taken: 2016:04:23 8:20 |
Location:
Omira |
Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: D728196-SwainsonsHawk |
© 2016 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Swainson's Hawk(Buteo swainsoni) |
Description: Nesting pair along US-Highway 395 south of Doyle California. |
Date Taken: 2016:04:23 8:19 |
Location:
Omira |
Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: D728192-SwainsonsHawk |
© 2016 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Swainson's Hawk(Buteo swainsoni) |
Description: Hawk Watch. Borrego Springs, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2012:03:24 9:33 |
Location:
Borrego Valley Road |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/3200 |
File Name: D3X8812-SwainsonsHawk |
© 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging |


Swainson's Hawk(Buteo swainsoni) |
Description: All of the Swainson's Hawks we saw this morning were juveniles. Promontory Road is the route to the historic Golden Spike monument where the builders of the west bound and east bound sections of the first transcontinental railroads met and joined. |
Date Taken: 2017:08:16 7:33 |
Location:
Promontory Road |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/9.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: SwainsonsHawk-IntermediateJuvenile_D5X3640-PromontoryRoad |
© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Swainson's Hawk(Buteo swainsoni) |
Description: All of the Swainson's Hawks we saw this morning were juveniles. Promontory Road is the route to the historic Golden Spike monument where the builders of the west bound and east bound sections of the first transcontinental railroads met and joined. |
Date Taken: 2017:08:16 7:14 |
Location:
Promontory Road |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2500 |
File Name: SwainsonsHawk-IntermediateJuvenile_D5X3532-PromontoryRoad |
© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Swainson's Hawk(Buteo swainsoni) |
Description: All of the Swainson's Hawks we saw this morning were juveniles. Promontory Road is the route to the historic Golden Spike monument where the builders of the west bound and east bound sections of the first transcontinental railroads met and joined. |
Date Taken: 2017:08:16 7:11 |
Location:
Promontory Road |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/3200 |
File Name: SwainsonsHawk-DarkJuvenile_D5X3510-PromontoryRoad |
© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Swainson's Hawk(Buteo swainsoni) |
Description: The Cienega at Arivaca. Part of the Buenos Aires NWR in rural Arizona. Southeast of Tucson. |
Date Taken: 2017:05:04 8:36 |
Location:
Arivaca Cienega |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/6400 |
File Name: SwainsonsHawk_D5X0589 |
© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |

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