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Swainson's Hawk
Buteo Swainsoni

From DVOC's Delaware Valley Birds: "Most records of migrants from mountain ridges and Cape May, NJ."


intermediate/dark phase bird
banded & released at the
Cape May Hawk Watch on
Oct. 1, 2002 © Karl Lukens