What Does a Northern Harrier Look Like? When youre squinting up at the sky, it can be tricky to tell which raptor youre seeing. If youve spotted a northern harrier, youll likely first see the ...

Freddy Moyano was afield late Tuesday in East Wisconsin when the owl pursued the harrier and delivered what Moyano described as a “super-kick,” sending the harrier briefly tumbling.

On a continent-wide basis, it is presumed northern harrier populations are experiencing a gradual decline due to the declining amount of grassland and marsh habitat that they frequent. Northern ...

Buck Domitrovich took this photo of a northern harrier flying overhead east of Davenport, Washington, on Monday. “This is a male, as it is gray in color. Females and juveniles are brown in color ...

Of all the predatory birds that visit Florida for the winter, one of the most common is the northern harrier. This is a small hawk, only 20 inches long, that prefers open prairies and marshes.

While most hawks soar overhead while hunting, look low for the northern harrier. Sometimes they will soar overhead, but their preferred foraging style is a low patrol. They will glide along ...

One such species we often see this time of year is the Northern Harrier. Northern Harriers are medium-sized hawks that migrate here during the fall and tend to stay throughout the spring.

The Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge is a 597-acre parcel that is home to grassland-dependent migratory birds and wintering raptors, including the short-eared owl, Northern harrier ...

the northern harrier and the rare short-eared owl, a buffy-brown bird with long wings that the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has classified as a species of special concern. DNR ...