The Swainson Hawk 



camp for the night, but the most notable feature of the gathering was the 

 variety of its constituent species. At least it seemed to an excited small 

 boy that hawks of every shape, size, and hue were seated before him, 

 paying no attention to his presence, save to yawn as they reviewed the 

 day's long journey. Shades of Audubon! What a sight! But that was 

 before the days of the Graflex. 



Taken in Arizona 



Pholo by the A ulhor 



A SWAINSON HAWK'S NEST IN SAHUARO 



These migratory nights of Swainson Hawks may be witnessed oc- 

 casionally in almost any western region. Since the breeding range of the 

 species extends from southern California to Alaska, the north-bound 

 parties must at some post pass over their established fellows in successive 

 waves. Mr. Sharp, however, 1 finds that the southernmost stations are 

 not the ones first occupied. "The Swainson Hawks arrived here (Es- 

 condido) from the south about the ioth to the 20th of March, sometimes 

 in large flocks or in bands of a dozen or two. The earliest and largest 

 flocks all go north, the summer residents not coming till a couple or three 



1 Op. cit., p. 117. 



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