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15-MAY-2006 © 2006 Bob Walker

Swainson's Hawk (in central New Mexico)

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I saw this hawk along US highway 285 between Vaughn, NM and Clines Corners, NM, sitting on a telephone wire.
I opportunistically took a picture of him leaving. Thanks to Pat Marklevitz and Gale Owings for offering ID's for the hawk --
my original caption "NM Hawk" was misleading. This photograph is probably not good enough to provide a definitive ID, but I'll settle on Swainson's based on probabilities for sighting one of these in NM -- RBW

Canon EOS 10D ,Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/4000s f/11.0 at 400.0mm iso1600 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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