Happy Wildlife Wednesday! After just a few hops, the Swainson's hawk was out of frame and on its 6000-mile journey to Argentina for the winter. Thanks to everyone who helped the hawk recover at Montana WILD's Wildlife Center! #WildlifeWednesday | Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks

Cricket the Swainson’s Hawk loves to sing us the song of her species! Swainson’s Hawks have a call similar to Red-tailed Hawks! We often hear Cricket calling in response to the wild Red-tails living in our area. | Chintimini Wildlife Center

Broad-winged hawk (Buteo platypterus) migration is in full-flight—have you been keeping up? We are tracking the flight of a transmitted broadwing who just passed through New England on their southbound journey. The Harris Center for Conservation Learning has been a key collaborator of Hawk Mountain and The Broad-winged Hawk Project since 2021. The final push of broadwings over Pack Monadnock Raptor Observatory in New Hampshire marks the first leg (or wing!) of their migration. So far this season

Swainson’s Hawks make an incredible journey every year, migrating 12,000 miles round-trip from North America’s prairies to Argentina’s pampas. What makes them truly unique is their diet. Most hawks hunt rodents and reptiles, but Swainson’s Hawks switch to insects, feasting on grasshoppers and locusts in South America. In the 1990s, this diet nearly led to disaster when pesticides in Argentina killed over 20,000 hawks in two years. But a successful international conservation effort saved them. Sw