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Swainson's Hawk

Buteo swainsoni

Photo by AshleyT
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Field Notes

Description:

Dark back and white belly. The head is gray with a white throat and there is an orange-ish collar around the neck.

Habitat:

On a telephone pole in a short grass prairie.

Reference Links:

Swainson's Hawk, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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PublishedAugust 24, 2014

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