{"id":6006,"date":"2012-08-28T03:55:05","date_gmt":"2012-08-28T09:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=6006"},"modified":"2024-08-07T16:38:15","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T21:38:15","slug":"juvenile-swainsons-hawk-in-beaverhead-county-montana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/08\/28\/juvenile-swainsons-hawk-in-beaverhead-county-montana\/","title":{"rendered":"Juvenile Swainson’s Hawk in Beaverhead County, Montana"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Swainson\u2019sJuvenile Swainson’s Hawk – Nikon D300, f8, 1\/1000, ISO 400, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

Not only did I see numerous Red-tailed Hawk<\/a><\/span> juveniles on my recent trip to Montana I also saw quite a few Swainson’s Hawk (Buteo swainsoni<\/em>) juveniles too. This is one of them that I found in Beaverhead County<\/span><\/a>. Swainson’s juveniles have beautiful patterns on their backs and chests. According to the big Sibley’s Guide to Birds this is an intermediate juvenile.<\/p>\n

The young Swainson’s Hawk was cooperative and it had a sibling that was on the other side of the road on a power pole with one of the adult birds. The fence was next to a wet meadow where water had pooled in some areas.<\/p>\n

It is a gorgeous bird now and will grow up to be a very handsome adult.<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Not only did I see numerous Red-tailed Hawk juveniles on my recent trip to Montana, I also saw quite a few Swainson’s Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) juveniles too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":132057,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1513,27,223,12,206],"tags":[1516,4021,4200,3830,898,4033,4169,4067,4071,4104,153,4034,5434,8917,4193],"class_list":["post-6006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beaverhead-county-montana","category-avian","category-centennial-valley","category-montana","category-swainson-hawks","tag-beaverhead-county-2","tag-bird-photography","tag-buteo-swainsoni","tag-fence","tag-fence-post","tag-hawk","tag-hawks","tag-immature","tag-juvenile","tag-perched","tag-raptors","tag-swainsons-hawk","tag-valley","tag-wooden-post","tag-young"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t