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Circus cyaneus
highly dimorphic hawk species. Female is dark brown and male a pale grey/white - identification mark is the white patch at the base of the tail. Males may have as many as 5 mates which explains why the females are more commonly seen
There were an extraordinary number of people out at the lake, searching for a snowy owl in nice weather. The Harrier kept circling and watching us - no doubt wondering why all the humans were out
Spotted on Jan 3, 2015
Submitted on Jul 14, 2015
2 Comments
Only in immatures. The adult female has amber to yellow eyes as well. Its pretty typical for immatures/juveniles to look like the female in dimorphic bird species
Body color is not how you tell the sexes apart. First year males are brown just like the females. You have to look at the eye color to tell sexes apart; males have yellow and females have brown.