I’m featuring the Swainson’s Hawk this week as this bird will be moving through the state in great numbers during the next five or six weeks.

And one raptor species that I most assuredly witnessed as a youngster was a common summer resident, the Swainson’s Hawk. The Swainson’s Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) is a large bird of prey that ...

He had collected the first Swainson’s hawk specimen. Named in honor of scientist/artist William Swainson, the Swainson’s hawk is an animal of great beauty. It’s about the same dimensions as ...

But after months of rehabilitation, it did. On Wednesday, Thompson released the Swainson’s hawk back into the wild after around a 120-day stay in rehab at Liberty Wildlife in Phoenix.

The annual great migration of Swainson’s hawks is in full swing, with thousands of the majestic birds having flown through the Borrego Valley in recent weeks on their way from South America to ...