Northern Harrier Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Northern Harrier

This is nature: Northern harrier plucks and picks apart its pigeon meal. Northern harriers fly low over wetlands and grasslands to catch their prey, mainly small mammals, but they will also hunt birds, as seen from this video captured last week on the Oregon Coast. North America’s only harrier has owl-like facial disks that help them hear little critters scampering about as they fly overhead. USFWS video: Taryn Sutton Description: Mostly brown bird of prey stands over bird catch, ripping off whi

Northern Harrier Hawk bird soaring flying right to left across grass field meadow hunting searching for prey in pacific northwest