i didn't know swallowtail raptors existed, and i'm a bird guy. beautiful, gracefull hawks with four-foot wingspans. they were wheeling over u.s. 331 in crenshaw county between highland home and luverne. kind of rare in alabama. they winter in south and central america, but breed in coastal plains of the gulf states in the summer. they like tall trees near swamps, which crenshaw county has in abundance.

I have been seeing them in Butler County. Saw 3 Monday.

We've always had them around over here, not in large numbers but enough that we see them regularly. Awesome bird.

Occasionally see them over my pasture. Very cool birds.

I’ve seen a handful in north AL but it’s rare. Saw them when I lived in south MS often.

Common around here. Yes, they are cool.

It’s a no fly zone around here

Been seeing 4-5 pretty often around my house. Wife and I watched them for several minutes this past Sunday afternoon.

I saw some a few years ago. Cool birds

saw one today in jefferson co patrolling some big pastures that were being mowed.

Saw one up here a couple years ago near Mud Creek. Beautiful bird and very rare this far North.

They are moving into our area.

I saw 8 of them eating insects when I was bush hogging
last fall.

Pretty cool after watching them in South Texas for years.

Kinda like white wing doves. Got about 500 white
wings in my dove field now eating sunflowers

Mom and my wife love watching the songbirds at the feeders.

I love watching the raptors who feed on the songbirds and smaller critters

I see them while bush hogging. It’s neat to watch them dive bomb on a grasshopper

I thought this thread was going to be about 2 of the Kardashian sisters.

I understand they love a fresh cut hay field, that's where I saw the one I saw .

See them a lot down here in FL.
I’ve seen as many as 7 at one time during mating season.

I see them mostly on the river and only remember seeing them in the summer.

They are all over the place here in NW Florida. I saw around 20 circling above the Grocery Advantage in Cantonment a few years back.

Had 5 of them chasing bugs while I was bushogging last weekend in hurtsboro. Never seen that many at once.