Swainson's
Hawk, Buteo swainsoni
This photo shows the light morph, the most common plumage for Swainson's Hawk, with white underparts strongly contrasting with the rufous chest.
The photos immediately above and below, taken two days apart in different counties, may show the same bird, one of a pair of Swainson's Hawks that nested for several years in a tree in front of a farmhouse at the north end of Harriet Lane in the Plumas County part of Sierra Valley, where the photo below was taken. The one above was taken in Loyalton, a few miles to the south in Sierra County.
