TIMELINE:
SWAINSON’S HAWKS IN YYC
2003 – 2023
Click the link for each year to view stories and photos for that year.
| 2003 | Very first encounter with Swainson’s Hawks. Photos taken with a Nikon SLR film camera. |
| SIGHTED: | August 2003 (date unknown) |
| # BABIES: | 1 for sure |
| 2004 | Our second encounter with Swainson’s Hawks. Photos taken with a Nikon SLR film camera. |
| SIGHTED: | August 2004 (date unknown) |
| # BABIES: | 2 (probable) |
| 2017 | 13 years later and I am about to embark on a years-long obsession with these birds. |
| SIGHTED: | August 31, 2017 (1st sighting) |
| # BABIES: | 2 (probable/unconfirmed) |
| 2018 | I now have a telephoto lens for my aged Canon T2i and it has changed everything for me. |
| SIGHTED: | August 7, 2018 |
| # BABIES: | 2 |
| 2019 | Year 3 of our observations of this family and the first year we confirmed 3 young ones. |
| SIGHTED: | August 4, 2019 |
| # BABIES: | 3 |
| 2020 | The year the Earth stood still. Some of the most meaningful photos I have ever taken. |
| SIGHTED: | July 26, 2020 (in the nest tree) |
| # BABIES: | 3 |
| 2021 | Every time I venture out to watch the family there is yet another memorable moment. |
| SIGHTED: | August 6, 2021 |
| # BABIES: | 3 |
| 2022 | I never tire of watching these birds of prey. Despite their killer instinct, they can be rather amusing to watch, too. |
| SIGHTED: | August 7, 2022 |
| # BABIES: | 3 |
| 2023 | 20 years since our first record of this family. There’s a new papa in the ‘hood this year. Lots of stories to tell. |
| SIGHTED: | August 10, 2023 |
| # BABIES: | 2 (I’m torn on that number) |
