Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus)

                                                                                                 Photos by BarrytheBirder

Female

Male

A widespread and common open-country hawk that quarters over the ground, hunting for primarily for small rodents.   It breeds across Canada and south to the southern U.S.A. and Mexico.   It winters from southern Canada to South America.   The Audubon Handbook says It is easily identified in flight by its white rump, long tail and behaviour.   It usually flies low, but glides mostly with long, narrow wings held up in a shallow V.

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