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Hi there. I have been birding most of my life and am currently a grad student working on a bird migration study. "A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song."
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Juvenile Swainson’s hawk (Buteo swainsoni).  This photo was taken by a birder in my area and the hawk was well outside of its range here in Western NY.  I actually observed this bird twice as it was twenty minutes from where I live.  Unfortunately, the bird was struck and killed by a car as it had been regularly seen sitting in the median of a busy parkway for several days. Many birders were drawn to the area and several witnessed the hawk’s demise.  The specimen was sent to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.   (by loonographer)

Juvenile Swainson’s hawk (Buteo swainsoni).  This photo was taken by a birder in my area and the hawk was well outside of its range here in Western NY.  I actually observed this bird twice as it was twenty minutes from where I live.  Unfortunately, the bird was struck and killed by a car as it had been regularly seen sitting in the median of a busy parkway for several days. Many birders were drawn to the area and several witnessed the hawk’s demise.  The specimen was sent to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.  

(by loonographer)

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