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unusual facts about Swainson's Hawk


Zone-tailed Hawk

The Zone-tailed is comparable in length and wingspan to common large Buteos found to the north such as Swainson's and Red-tailed Hawk, but may weigh considerably less.


Great Cypress Swamp

The swamp also contains two regionally rare species, Swainson's Warbler and Black-throated Green Warbler.

Harris's Hawk

Trained Harris's hawks have been used to remove an unwanted pigeon population from London's Trafalgar Square.

John Swainson

Swainson served in the United States Army during World War II with the 95th Infantry Division and lost both legs by amputation following a land mine explosion November 15, 1944, near Metz, Alsace-Lorraine.

On June 23, 1963, Swainson accompanied the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., Detroit mayor Jerome Cavanagh, and approximately 125,000 people on a "Walk for Freedom" march down Detroit's Woodward Avenue.

Legge's Hawk-Eagle

Legge's Hawk-Eagle was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the Mountain Hawk-Eagle, but it is smaller and has unstreaked buff underwing coverts.

Mountain Hawk-Eagle

A 2008 study based on the geographic isolation and differences in call suggest that this be treated as a full species, Nisaetus kelaarti, Legge's Hawk-Eagle.

Northern Grey-headed Sparrow

The Northern Grey-headed Sparrow is replaced in eastern and southern Africa by very similar birds that are sometimes considered races of this species: Swainson's Sparrow, the Parrot-billed Sparrow, the Swahili Sparrow, and the Southern Grey-headed Sparrow.

Old Woman Mountains

Numerous raptor species are likely to be found in the area; including prairie falcons, red-tailed hawks, golden eagles, Cooper's hawks, American kestrels, as well as several species of owls.

Opatrini

Neopachypterus Bouchardt, Lobl & Merkl, 2007 (formerly Pachypterus Lucas, 1846 (non Swainson, 1839: preoccupied))

Swainson's Sparrow

The birds also use cavities in buildings, and the old nests of the Ethiopian Swallow and African Sand Martin.

Swainson's Thrush

Subspecies Cathartus ustulatus alame and C. u. swainsoni summer east of the British Columbian Coast Mountains, the Cascades and the Sierra Nevada, and C. u. ustulatus and C. u. oedicus summer west of these ranges.

Swallows and Amazons

Young Titty was played by Phoebe Phillips, John by John Paul Ekins, Susan by Flora Harris, Roger by Joe Sowerbutts, mother by Penny Downie, Nancy by Catherine Poole, Peggy by Jackie Swainson and Uncle Jim by Nicholas Le Prevost.


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