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 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, ...

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 ...

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 ...