The Condor, Vol. 116, No. 2 (May 2014), pp. 226-241 (16 pages) ABSTRACT Bird populations are influenced by many environmental factors at both large and small scales. Our study evaluated the influences ...

Sometimes called a Marsh Hawk, the northern harrier is currently one the rarest birds of prey nesting in the Granite State. Unlike many of our more common hawks, harriers shun the forest, opting ...

Claim to fame: Many people know a harrier is a military jet that has the ability to take off vertically and hover, but they may not realize this unique aircraft is named after a bird — a bird that can ...

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, possibly ...

Erie was perched on a sunny branch when I met her on a cold day in March. She turned her head this way and that to survey her surroundings at the Vermont Institute of Natural Sciences. She is a ...

In a wetland near Boulder Reservoir, two courageous northern harriers have been fighting the battle of their lives. On May 26, Boulder Parks Recreation volunteer wildlife monitors Gretchen and Peter ...

The study, published as the cover article in BioMed Central's Avian Research, led by the Earlham Institute and the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of California, explores the ...

An unusual bird that's new to the Ojai Raptor Center will meet the public for the first time Sunday as the center holds an open house — one of the two each year that are the only times nature ...

Various Areas in Exeter, New Hampshire: Red-shouldered Hawk, Morning Dove, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Blue Jay, Black-capped Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, Red-breasted ...

There are several techniques that birds of prey use to forage for their supper. Big falcons, like the peregrine falcon, usually attack flying birds from high above them. Accipiters, like Cooper’s hawk ...

A filmmaker has captured rare footage showing a short-eared owl ambushing a northern harrier and clobbering the hawk with a perfectly executed front kick. Freddy Moyano was afield late Tuesday in East ...