I saw two dark-morph Swainson's Hawks at Hovander Homestead Park in Ferndale on May 23, 2007. Posted photos.

Barry Ulman
Bellingham, WA.


On May 17, 2012, at 11:45 AM, Bud Anderson wrote:

> Nice sighting and video.
> Only Swainson's Hawks I have seen on the west side of the Cascades in WA were both adults, both in late April, both on the Highway 20 intermediate grass strip just west of the Farmhouse Inn in different years.
> A third one was a juvenile (SY) I caught and banded at Sea-Tac Airport 11 May last year.
> I would call your bird an adult based on the dark terminal tail band and clear underwing coverts.
> I wonder if we are seeing more moving through here in spring or just more people are becoming aware of them?
>
> Bud Anderson
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