This morning we had a very unexpected visitor flying over the platform: a juvenile Swainson's Hawk!
I saw an unfamiliar (to me) hawk flying just over the treetops this morning and was about to say, "Wow, Karl, what the heck is this bird?" when I heard a shout of "Swainson's Hawk!" and the subsequent sounds of Karl scrambling for his camera!
He was able to get several shots before the bird - who was moving relatively rapidly to the south - disappeared behind the treeline. Needless to say, this was the bird of the day for both of us!
- Bridgett
