{"id":48121,"date":"2017-08-15T05:57:12","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T11:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=48121"},"modified":"2021-03-31T05:48:41","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T11:48:41","slug":"time-to-be-on-the-lookout-for-juvenile-swainsons-hawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2017\/08\/15\/time-to-be-on-the-lookout-for-juvenile-swainsons-hawks\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to be on the Lookout for Juvenile Swainson’s Hawks"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"JuvenileJuvenile Swainson’s Hawk perched on a power pole – Nikon D500, f9, 1\/640, ISO 250, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

I saw my first juvenile Swainson’s Hawk of the year last week and although it didn’t give me any opportunities to take better images of it I was happy to see it perched on a power pole. Swainson’s Hawks seem to nest just a bit later than Red-tailed Hawks because I typically see their young later in the year than I do the red tails.<\/p>\n

I believe some of the Swainson’s Hawk nests in the area where I photographed this juvenile may have been destroyed in the same winds that blew down the Red-tailed Hawk nest<\/span><\/a> I have been following because some of the nests I knew about were not there after that wind storm. So seeing this young Swainson’s was a bit of a relief for me because it means that some Swainson’s nests in that area survived those winds. The hurricane force winds we get here at times does make it hard for nesting birds.<\/p>\n

\"LightLight morph Swainson’s Hawk adult about to scratch – Nikon D500, f10, 1\/640, ISO 400, -0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited
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This adult Swainson’s Hawk was photographed earlier this year about 6 or 7 miles or so as a crow flies from the juvenile I photographed last week. Earlier this spring Swainson’s Hawks were everywhere in northern Utah, they are a bit harder to find now.<\/p>\n

\"Swainson'sSwainson’s Hawk juvenile on old fence post – Nikon D200, f7.1, 1\/1250, ISO 250, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light, not baited
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Seeing juvenile Swainson’s Hawks always reminds me of the first time I photographed one in the Centennial Valley of Montana, at the time I didn’t even know what the young hawk was until I used my iBird Pro app to figure out that it was a Swainson’s. This is one of the photos of that young Swainson’s Hawk I photographed in September of 2010, it was a very cooperative bird and I was elated to be able to photograph it.<\/p>\n

It is time to keep an eye out for more Swainson’s Hawk juveniles here in northern Utah, I know I will be looking for them.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Swainson\u2019s Hawk photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n

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