The Swainson’s Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) is a large bird of prey that occurs throughout the plains of North America, from southern Canada southward to Texas.

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.. Without a ...

Thus, when a Swainson’s hawk appeared in a Holmes County field on Sept. 17, it was big news. This bird was no fly-by, either. It stuck tight for the next five days, spending much time in its ...

The nearly $3 million balance remaining of the fund that had been set aside for Swainson’s hawk and farmland mitigation was absorbed in the county’s general fund. “We are suing to enforce Kern ...

VACAVILLE (KPIX 5) -- There's a protected hawk bringing bridge construction to a halt in the Bay Area. The protected Swainson's Hawk is delaying much needed repairs to some Interstate 80 overpasses.

A Swainson’s hawk chick has hatched under the eye of Santa Clara County bird-watchers for the first time since the 1800s, suggesting that this elegant bird, a threatened species in California ...

Clearly out of place in Millinocket, it's only the third verified appearance of this kind of bird in the state.

What made this Swainson's hawk so remarkable was that it has chosen to stay around for almost an entire week, returning each day to the same mowed alfalfa field in Walnut Creek to feed on ...

Transportation officials are finding ways to resolve Swainson's hawk issues to keep the $64 million Soscol Junction traffic relief project along Highway 29 on-track for a May start. A hawk nesting ...

The Swainson's hawk was found injured near Monte Vista and made a remarkable recovery after spending over two months at the Frisco Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Del Norte.

I’m featuring the Swainson’s Hawk this week as this bird will be moving through the state in great numbers during the next five or six weeks.