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Northern Harrier
Circus cyaneus
45.801, -122.763
Field Notes
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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PublishedSeptember 25, 2011
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