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ML4313

Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni

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Contributor

Randolph Little Media from this contributor Profile
Warren Y. Brockelman Media from this contributor

Date

3 Jul 1961 8:00 AM

Location

MEDICINE LAKE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
Montana, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Age and sex
Unknown age, Unknown sex - 2
Behaviors
Flying
Sounds
Call
Playback
Not specified

Media notes

NOTES: SCREAMS OF A PAIR OF SWAINSON'S HAWKS, BOTH IN FLIGHT AND IN A SMALL ELM TREE, SOMETIMES BEING HECKLED BY BOTH EASTERN AND WESTERN KINGBIRDS, AND COMMON TERNS. SCREAMS GIVEN IN FLIGHT HAVE A MORE WAVERING QUALITY. DECIDUOUS PLANTATION ON STRINGER POINT. Habitat: Lake.

Additional species

  • Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
  • Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
  • Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
  • Common Tern Sterna hirundo
  • Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
  • Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis

Technical information

Recorder
NAGRA III-B
Microphone
AKG 200
Accessories
Parabola 91.4cm (36in)

Archival information

Digitized
3 May 2002 - Shelagh A. Smith

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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