Monroe Co Swainson's Hawk 10-4

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All,
  Just before 10:00 this morning (on my way to the hawk watch at Lake Erie Metropark/Pte Mouillee HQ) I had great close looks at an adult, light morph Swainson's Hawk on M-50 a few miles west of Monroe. I watched a long-winged buteo take off from a roadside tree and circle low over the road with it's undersides turned toward me and clearly showing all the key Swainson's characteristics. Gorgeous!


Good Birding,

Scott Jennex
Ferndale