[Birdnet] Swainson's Hawks in Cache Valley

[Craig Fosdick]

On the way home from Garr Ranch, Mo, Ryan, and I saw a minimum of 50
Swainson's Hawks moving south along US 89/91 at the south end of Cache
Valley, near Wellsville.  The birds were not in a cohesive group, but all
were moving south on a broad front spread out over ~1 mile, and at various
heights.  Some were birds were very high, almost to the point where they
were difficult to detect without binoculars, while many were very low.
Given the general lack of cohesiveness to the flight and the time of the day
(~345 pm) my best guess is that they had been migrating, and at least some
of them may have been searching for roost sites for the evening.  A single
Turkey Vulture was tagging along.

Regardless, it was a fantastic sight.

Craig Fosdick
Logan, Utah.
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