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Swainson's Hawk

Buteo swainsoni

Description:

Spotted both an intermediate morph and a light morph. The Intermediate had found some prey and was being harassed by Kingbirds. The light morph was sitting in a nest.
Large hawks mostly brown on the upperparts and light colored on the underparts. Has a white forhead and white chin. The necks is bib of brown. Yellow on the upper part of the beak and yellow legs.

Habitat:

open plains.

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Jellis

Colorado, USA

Spotted on Jun 14, 2014
Submitted on Jun 21, 2014

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