The caterpillars are drawing large numbers of migrating Swainson’s hawks to the area ... passing through until around mid-April. Volunteer hawk counters have been out in the mornings since ...

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.

Swainson’s hawks have a wing span of 47 to 54 inches, have long, pointed narrow wings with trailing edges of “black in back.” The Hawk Watch group gets support from the state park ...

The change is because biologists made a discovery. A Swainson's Hawk is nesting in the trees next to the Midway Bridge. "Caltrans can't do any work within 600 feet of their nest," said Jacala.

Doug Hitchcox, the naturalist at the Maine Audubon Society, recognized the bird as a Swainson’s hawk. Swainson’s hawks nest on cliffs near grasslands in western North America and spend the ...

Napa County has cleared the way for more development in its airport industrial area, though the state continues mentioning Swainson’s hawk concerns that others say are exaggerated. The county ...

New Mexico State University service workers began taking down the beginnings of Swainson hawk nests after reports of students being attacked. Every morning for two weeks this month, NMSU service ...

Listening, I found myself wondering about Swainson and how his name became attached to this bird, and to the hawk and warbler that bear it, too. It seems odd to think of this thrush — so much ...

LAS CRUCES - A species of hawk protected by federal laws is again creating a stir at New Mexico State University. For the third consecutive year, Swainson's hawks are trying to nest in a tree ...

FRISCO, Colo. (KKTV) - Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers said a Swainson’s Hawk was found in East Monte Vista who had the West Nile Virus as a baby. The hawk spent almost a full year at Color ...

The Swainson's hawk is the champion of all our migrant hawks. It breeds throughout the western U.S. and Canada, but spends five months south of the equator in South America during our winter ...

Swainson's hawk is an iconic bird of the plains -- on two continents. The birds nest on the Great Plains of North America, and they spend the winter on the Pampas of Argentina. This is a distance ...