Just when I was convinced that last year's Swainson's Hawk had given up on winter in eastern Canada had headed way, way down into South America, the same bird showed up today, March 19th on the same street in Aurora, in southern Ontario, where it has been a regular feature for so many months. It is one of the farthest migrating raptors in North America and should have been in Southern America this winter. But an early winter mild spell and little snow cover must have convinced it to press on hereabouts. It wasn't until February of this year that the weather got really cold and a lot of snow was dumped on us over a period of several weeks. But the intrepid Swainson's hung in there. Others near to where I live saw the bird also and took photos of it during the middle of winter. I have decided to nickname this bird 'Intrepid'. Below is one of the photos I took of it last fall.
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