dcsimg

Image of Swainson's Hawk

Image of Swainson's Hawk

Description:

I am having major computer issues and was barely able to edit these enough to help me narrow down id. After a LOT of time doing that and then studying think i am correct here. I believe this is a sub-adult, light morph of this species. We first saw it and thought it was red-tailed because the tail did appear to have rufous coloration. Where the Swainson's light morph has darker or gray tail. But i found that there is a first molt or sub-adult plumage where the tail appears to have more of a brown or at least lighter color. Hopefully the true experts can chime in if I am wrong and I will turn in my guide books. Lol.

Included On The Following Pages:

This image is not featured in any collections.

Source Information

license
cc-by-nc-4.0
copyright
Brent Franklin
original
original media file
visit source
partner site
iNaturalist
ID
https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/3303018