Swainson's

 A Swainson's Hawk dives to scour singed ground, finding a squirrel left without the waving brown to blend into.

In the Path of Mary 2010

Update: I have learned today that the Swainson's Hawk is also known as the "grasshopper hawk" which makes me a bit nervous.

Migration of Swainson's Hawks... Gumbo Lily 2010

While most may imagine an unruly dog to be a mail deliverer's worst adversary, this particular employee is being bombarded by a local Swainson's Hawk.

Hawk Attacks Postal Worker In Canada, Has To Wear Helmet (VIDEO) 2010

Cliffs along the Yukon and Porcupine Rivers support several raptor species, including osprey, gyrfalcon, Swainson's hawk, and the endangered American peregrine falcon.

Upper Yukon Tayga Province (Bailey) 2009

The numerous raptors here include Swainson's hawk, ferruginous hawk, rough-legged hawk, red-tailed hawk, marsh hawk, prairie falcon, great horned owl, and burrowing owl.

Intermountain Semidesert Province (Bailey) 2009

Letter carriers had recently become the target of a Swainson's hawk nesting in the area.

Never Yet Melted 2009

Both the cinnamon teal and Swainson's were first time reports for this route.

grouse Diary Entry grouse 2008

Not to mention the birds I was supposed to be looking for, like the eagle at 29 the cinnamon teal at 43 and the pair of Swainson's hawks at 46.

grouse Diary Entry grouse 2008

Other birds of interest include pied-billed grebe, sharp-shinned hawk, northern sawhet owl, yellow-bellied sapsucker, Swainson's thrush, loggerhead shrike, marsh wren, golden crowned kinglet, red-breasted nuthatch, mourning warbler and dark-eyed junco.

Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Maryland 2007

Some of those Argentinian spreads have been known to use poison-- there was a notorious case of secondary poisoning of Swainson's hawks a few years ago-- when they can't shoot the so- called agricultural pests.

What is Hunting? 2006