A northern harrier glides above an artichoke field by Highway 1 near Wilder Ranch in Santa Cruz. The northern harrier, also known as the marsh hawk or ring-tailed hawk, is a bird of prey that is ...

This gorgeous adult female northern harrier shows an arc of speckled feathers that separates her face from her neck. This is the hint that she has a parabolic dish of feathers that collects faint ...

The bird I have photographed here is a northern harrier. It is a medium-size hawk native to North America. Its summer range extends into Northern Canada and Alaska, but its winter range brings it as ...

We’ve reached that time of the year when winter is starting to flex its muscles. The leaves are off the trees, snow has already been seen, the morning temperatures are frequently below freezing and ...

I grew up with bird names now long gone. We had the sparrow hawk, pigeon hawk and duck hawk. These are now the American kestrel, merlin and peregrine falcon. We also had the marsh hawk, now the ...

A state-endangered bird of prey got a second chance at life after the McHenry County Conservation District stepped in to help him recover from a concussion. The district was called in early last month ...

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, ...

A hawk caught my attention as I drove through the countryside of Davie County. Hawks are common sights in this largely agricultural county where you can see red-tails perched on utility poles or ...

An owl and hawk became entangled in a mid-air fight in Skagit County -- and the encounter was captured on camera. Photographer Thomas Patrick Tully said a short-eared owl and northern harrier hawk got ...

The arrival of the northern harrier is a sign of spring, but not one that is widely recognized. This is no surprise. The harrier is a common bird but not a familiar one. There are two reasons for its ...