Two Young Swainson’s Hawks

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baby swainsons hawk, birds

The young Swainson’s hawks are maturing, their wings are no longer covered with white down. I took my Nikon D600 with Nikon 80-400mm lens this time and got a much higher quality image.

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Swainson’s Hawk Young in Nest

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baby swainsons hawk, prescott az, raptor, swainsons hawk

The Swainson’s hawk nest near our house is very busy, there are two young birds in it. Here’s some photos:

And this one that shows the bird’s developing flight feathers. Also this image shows that there are 2 individuals in the nest.