I stopped for drive-thru coffee on the way to Boca Chica, but it was too hot to drink until I was parked. So I sat there in ...

The northern harrier is underappreciated, I think. I seldom hear it remarked upon, and I doubt it stands very high on many lists of favorite birds. Yet the harrier is a remarkable bird in many ways, ...

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 ...

Buck Domitrovich took this photo of a northern harrier flying overhead east of Davenport, Washington, on Monday. “This is a male, as it is gray in color. Females and juveniles are brown in color,” ...

The Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge is a 597-acre parcel that is home to grassland-dependent migratory birds and wintering raptors, including the short-eared owl, Northern harrier, ...

Oklahoma is home to large numbers of wintering hawks, including northern harriers. Harriers can be identified by their long wings and tail, their white rump, and their habit of coursing low over the ...

This story was originally produced by the New Hampshire Bulletin, an independent local newsroom that allows NHPR and other outlets to republish its reporting. It’s been around 20 years since the state ...

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