Birds wildlife hawks 2. The department of fish and wildlife manages californias diverse fish wildlife and plant resources and the habitats upon which they depend for their ecological values and for their use and enjoyment by the public. This website aims to provide a compendium of all of the bird species recorded ie accepted to either the definitive list or the provisional list in north carolina with general information about their distribution in the state by regions or provinces their relative abundance in each region their periods of occurrence in the. In 1980 a report developed by bloom pdf estimated 375 50 breeding pairs of swainsons hawks remaining in california. The term mammal comes from the latin word mamma breast and is used because these animals feed their young with milk produced by the mammary glands or breasts.
It is thought that the historic population of swainsons hawks in california was as many as17136 pairs. Welcome to the on line birds of north carolina website. Birders are often dismayed when a hawk visits their yard but encouraging hawks is actually the gold standard of backyard birding.