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Northern Harrier

Circus cyaneus

Description:

Grayish-white raptor with black wing tips, yellow legs, and yellow eye. Gray uppertail with light undertail feathers. Has a characteristic owl-like face which contains stiff feathers to help channel in sounds from prey. The female harrier is a completely different, mostly dark brown color.

Habitat:

Open wetlands, marshes, meadows, pastures. Usually flies low to the ground in search of prey.

Notes:

At Ridgefield NWR, I see female harriers about 20 times more often than males.

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1 Comment

Wild Things
Wild Things 12 years ago

Amazing spotting.

Dennis Davenport
Spotted by
Dennis Davenport

Washington, USA

Spotted on Mar 1, 2010
Submitted on Sep 25, 2011

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