Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur

Sitio realizado por aficionados a la observación de aves desde 10 de enero 2006

Swainson's Hawk - Historic records

Order: - Family: Accipitridae

17-01-21 © Lucas de Ciria
15-11-20 © Milena LLopis
21-12-19 © Luciano Massa

Three bouts of Swainson's  Hawk seen during the morning. Some 500 in total

21-12-19 © Luciano Massa
21-12-19 © Javier Guillermo González

During the morning three groups of Swainson's Hawk like this one flew by very high in the sky. They moved in a spiral way towards the north west. We estimated a total of some 500 individuals.

21-12-19 © Javier Guillermo González
21-12-19 © Javier Guillermo González
18-11-17 © J. Simón Tagtachian
18-11-17 © J. Simón Tagtachian
18-11-17 © J. Simón Tagtachian
01-11-17 © Nicolás Paz Onorato
01-11-17 © Nicolás Paz Onorato
01-11-17 © Nicolás Paz Onorato
01-11-17 © Nicolás Paz Onorato
17-12-16 © Silvia Ana González

Light morph. María José saw the Swainson's hawk take flight from the the Gull Pond. It flew towards the northeast as it gained altitude to jump on the thermal current. 

17-12-16 © Eduardo Nicolás Cusano

Light morph. María José saw the Swainson's hawk take flight from the the Gull Pond. It flew towards the northeast as it gained altitude to jump on the thermal current. 


17-12-16 © Eduardo Nicolás Cusano

Light morph. María José saw the Swainson's hawk take flight from the the Gull Pond. It flew towards the northeast as it gained altitude to jump on the thermal current. 


17-12-16 © Silvia Ana González

Light morph. María José saw the Swainson's hawk take flight from the the Gull Pond. It flew towards the northeast as it gained altitude to jump on the thermal current. 


01-01-14 © Bea Grasso
16-11-13 © José Luis Blázquez

Native to the United States and Canada this raptor migrates to Argentina during the austral summer. It is opportunistic and feeds on a wide variety of animals. Nevertheless when it is in Argentina its diet reduces mainly to insects such as locusts, crickets, grasshoppers, etc. caught and eaten on the wing.

Always in flight and sometimes very high in the sky they circle or fly past the reserve generally in big groups. 

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