Northern Harrier on the Hunt
by Judi Dressler
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Northern Harrier on the Hunt
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Judi Dressler
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Photograph - Photography
Description
Northern Harrier out hunting for mice or voles or other small prey at Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge in California.
The Northern Harrier is distinctive from a long distance away: a slim, long-tailed hawk gliding low over a marsh or grassland, holding its wings in a V-shape and sporting a white patch at the base of its tail. Up close it has an owlish face that helps it hear mice and voles beneath the vegetation. Each gray-and-white male may mate with several females, which are larger and brown. These unusual raptors have a broad distribution across North America.
Photo taken in northern California, June 6, 2021
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Don Columbus
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "Birds In Focus" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020-2022 Featured Image Archive Discussion"!
Gary F Richards
Awesome bird composition, lighting, shading, and artwork! F/L voted for this piece in the contest BIRDS OF PREY
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