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A long-winged, long-tailed hawk of open grassland, the Northern Harrier forages by flying slowly low above the ground looking for small rodents. It is one of the few raptors that is sexually dimorphic: the male is white below with a light gray back and hood, the female is mottled in browns.
farmland
I finally got a half decent photo of a harrier! Getting quality photos of this beautiful bird was my goal this winter. I didn't get the perfect shot...yet. However, I have had so much fun watching these brazen birds hunt and take on other raptors.
Spotted on Mar 1, 2013
Submitted on Mar 3, 2013
6 Comments
Thank you I tried all winter to get good shots! I wasn't very successful, but this one came out nice! Harriers are so much fun to watch!
Beautiful piece of photography!!
Haha! Thank you for the kind words Braulio!
Amazing shots!
This spotting deserves the SOTD!
Thanks Christy! We'll get "gooder" pics some day! ;)
You got her good!! (I know, bad English!!) ;-) Love the flight shot!