The bird I have photographed here is a northern harrier. It is a medium-size hawk native to North America. Its summer range extends into Northern Canada and Alaska, but its winter range brings it as ...

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 ...

A northern harrier, also known as the marsh hawk or ring-tailed hawk, flies over the Saltese Flats Wetland Area on Jan. 8 in this photo from Terry Sanborn.

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Winter is a great time for birding and Sauvie Island is the place to spot the Fantastic Four of raptors - Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, American Kestrel, and Bald Eagle! Brodie Cass Talbott, ...