Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni)

                                                                     Photos by BarrytheBirder

Swainson's Hawks are normally found throughout the west half of the U.S.A., as well as the southern edge of Canada's prairie provinces and the northern edge of Mexico.   The pictures featured here were taken far to the east of that normal range, in southern Ontario on the northern edge of Lake Ontario.   It was second year that the Swainson's were seen in this spot.  The first year, 2024, is was a mated pair that were seen.   In 2025, it was presumably the same mated pair that showed up, and went on to raise four young hawks of their own.     \

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