Northern Harrier
Circus hudsonius
BirdsConservation: Least Concern
A slim hawk with an owl-like face and a white rump patch. Harriers glide low over marshes and fields, tilting side to side, hunting voles partly by sound. Males are pale gray, females brown.
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