Soaring in wide circles over hay fields or perched on distant fence posts or utility poles, large hawks are a common sight throughout Montana. But few people recognize that we have many kinds of hawks ...

DULUTH – The birding community is atwitter over the banding of a Minnesota-rare Swainson’s hawk at Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory here late last week, blown in by blustery northwest winds. The raptors ...

CEDAR CITY — Approximately 60 people gathered at the "C" Overlook southeast of Cedar City on Sunday afternoon to watch as two Swainson's hawks were released into the wild. Martin Tyner, founder and ...

The Swainson’s hawk is a raptor of the open fields and prairies of the central and western regions of the country and a rare visitor to New England. It is a member of the buteo family – large hawks ...

When will the first Swainson’s hawk return to our region from its annual migration south? Certainly by the second week of March, we will see the early returnees circling above their nesting trees ...