Owl-like as they silently soar just several feet above marshes and fields, there’s something haunting about northern harriers. Perhaps that’s why male harriers are coined the “gray ghosts” of the hawk ...

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 ...

An unusual bird that's new to the Ojai Raptor Center will meet the public for the first time Sunday as the center holds an open house — one of the two each year that are the only times nature ...

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 ...

Erie was perched on a sunny branch when I met her on a cold day in March. She turned her head this way and that to survey her surroundings at the Vermont Institute of Natural Sciences. She is a ...

During September, many of us take advantage of the closeness of Hawk Ridge to observe the fall migration of birds. We are fortunate to have a site nearby that allows us excellent views into the ...

After seven months in rehab, the golden prairie in southwest Lincoln no doubt looked very inviting to the juvenile northern harrier. Harriers are not that common in Nebraska but are easily identified ...

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 ...