Adult male - ML305647471 — Adult male © Tom Reed eBird S43725208 Macaulay Library ML 90120491

Adult female - ML305648981 — Adult female © Song Yu

Immature - ML305649241 — Immature © Brian Sullivan

Adult male - ML305650751 — Adult male © Jerry Liguori

Immature - ML305651321 — Immature © Matt Davis

Immature - ML305652911 — Immature © Samuel Denault

Habitat - ML70774821 — Habitat © Volker Hesse

Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius

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Identification

Medium-sized hawk with long tail and thin wings. Flies with wings held in a V-shape, low over open fields and marshes, listening for rodents lurking below. Distinctive foraging behavior and conspicuous white patch on rump in all plumages. Females and immatures are warm brown. Adult males gray above and whitish below with black wingtips.

Statistics

51Observations
3With photos
0With audio

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