This gorgeous adult female northern harrier shows an arc of speckled feathers that separates her face from her neck. This is the hint that she has a parabolic dish of feathers that collects faint ...

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 ...

A hawk caught my attention as I drove through the countryside of Davie County. Hawks are common sights in this largely agricultural county where you can see red-tails perched on utility poles or ...

A northern harrier glides above an artichoke field by Highway 1 near Wilder Ranch in Santa Cruz. The northern harrier, also ...

Genomics reveals that the Hen Harrier has two distinct evolutionary lineages. Deemed as one species spread across different continents, scientists now confirm that the Eurasian Hen Harrier and the ...

This Northern Harrier was hunting over a grassy marsh, its head down, eyes watching for rodent prey. You can see the facial ruff, similar to that of Short-eared Owls, another grassland hunter. The ...

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 ...

The arrival of the northern harrier is a sign of spring, but not one that is widely recognized. This is no surprise. The harrier is a common bird but not a familiar one. There are two reasons for its ...

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 ...