A gorgeous raptor and some power blue Colorado skies make for a very nice morning! These summertime visitors from far south are starting to make their homes on the Great Plains and are quite active right now. I saw multiple pairs this past weekend within a few miles of each other. Here, one of them was kind enough to oblige me with a very nice flyby.
![A Swainson's Hawk flies across the pale blue skies of the Colorado plains. (© Tony’s Takes)](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Y3kDlIvg2EI/WQvFjMk9aBI/AAAAAAAAfXs/ptLBwVT0K4EjPtxXxPsm3fex3DZvsFJ_QCJoC/s710/2017-04-30%2B08-14-05%2B-%2B0147.jpg)