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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Oklahoma is home to large numbers of wintering hawks, including northern harriers. Harriers can be identified by their long wings and tail, their white rump, and their habit of coursing low over the ...

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 ...

Grassland Bird Trust is appealing a state ruling that requires less than one-to-one mitigation land for birds displaced by ...