#northernharrier — Public Fediverse posts

I missed the lead to this series (and should have had a faster shutter speed), so I am not sure if this is an unsuccessful attempt by a short eared owl to steal a meal from a northern harrier, or a successful attempt by a northern harrier to steal a meal from a short eared owl.

The falling grasses lead me to believe the harrier has stolen the meal, but it is not definitive.

#Birds #ShortEaredOwl #NorthernHarrier

Last weekend, I caught a Northern Harrier in flight. Though the view finder, I only knew it was some kind of raptor #NorthernHarrier #Birds #BirdPhotography #Fujifilm #CropToZoom #SacramentoWildlifeRefuge

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Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius), 4th February 2024
es: Aguilucho de Hudson, fr: Busard Des Marais
Salisbury Beach State Reservation, Newburyport, Massachusetts
Pawtucket, Pentucket & Wabanaki (Dawnland Confederacy) traditional territory
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 30% crop, 1/2000s, ISO 1600
#Birds #NorthernHarrier #NOHA #Raptors #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers #DescribeYourImages

Of course, I also photographed them birds. Including a Kingfisher for the first time!!!

#birbs #birdsofMastodon #birds #kingfisher #NorthernHarrier #hawk #BrownCreeper #TreeCreeper #HouseSparrow #sparrows

Photographer captures #hawk and #owl battling mid-air over a vole: https://zorz.it/eisiF

#JeremyGray #birds #HenrikNilsson #photographer #nature #NorthernHarrier #vole #wildlife

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Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius), 11th February 2024
es: Aguilucho de Hudson, fr: Busard Des Marais
Salisbury Beach State Reservation, Newburyport, Massachusetts
Pawtucket, Pentucket & Wabanaki (Dawnland Confederacy) traditional territory
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 45% crop, 1/640s, ISO 160
#Birds #NorthernHarrier #NOHA #Raptors #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers #DescribeYourImages

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Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius), 11th February 2024
es: Aguilucho de Hudson, fr: Busard Des Marais
Salisbury Beach State Reservation, Newburyport, Massachusetts
Pawtucket, Pentucket & Wabanaki (Dawnland Confederacy) traditional territory
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 35% crop, 1/2000s, ISO 1250
#Birds #NorthernHarrier #NOHA #Raptors #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers #DescribeYourImages

Before and after...
#GrasslandRestoration #Grasslands #Maine #CaliforniaFields

Some of the species that benefit from the tree removal and grassland restoration -- #GrasshopperSparrow #UplandSandpiper #NorthernHarrier, #HornedLark, #Kestrel, #Meadowlark, #Bobolink, #Bumblebees, #MonarchButterflies

Photographer Captures Hawk and Owl Battling Mid-Air Over a Vole https://petapixel.com/2025/04/23/photographer-captures-hawk-and-owl-battling-mid-air-over-a-vole/ #northernharrier #henriknilsson #shortearedowl #Spotlight #wildlife #animals #harrier #nature #birds #owl

Photographer Captures Hawk and Owl Battling Mid-Air Over a Vole https://petapixel.com/2025/04/23/photographer-captures-hawk-and-owl-battling-mid-air-over-a-vole/ #northernharrier #henriknilsson #shortearedowl #Spotlight #wildlife #animals #harrier #nature #birds #owl

Photographer Captures Hawk and Owl Battling Mid-Air Over a Vole https://petapixel.com/2025/04/23/photographer-captures-hawk-and-owl-battling-mid-air-over-a-vole/ #northernharrier #henriknilsson #shortearedowl #Spotlight #wildlife #animals #harrier #nature #birds #owl

Speaking of #Rewilding, some new signs went up at nearby #CaliforniaFields in Southern #Maine! Looks like the #MaineDepartmentOfInlandFisheries finally acknowledged that there are some #EndangeredSpecies there, and put the pressure on #BlueTriton / #PolandSprings / #BigWater -- who had planted a bunch of pine trees in the field (to hide the drilled wells that they claim are "springs"). But now they have to take them down and restore the grasslands! (And it's full of #Milkweed which the #MonarchButterflies love!)
#GrasshopperSparrow #UplandSandpiper #NorthernHarrier, #HornedLark, #Kestrel, #Meadowlark, #Bobolink

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Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius), 4th February 2024
es: Aguilucho de Hudson, fr: Busard Des Marais
Salisbury Beach State Reservation, Newburyport, Massachusetts
Pawtucket, Pentucket & Wabanaki (Dawnland Confederacy) traditional territory
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 30% crop, 1/2000s, ISO 2000
#Birds #NorthernHarrier #NOHA #Raptors #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers #DescribeYourImages

This Harrier was parked by the trail doing (as far as I could tell) a lot of random flapping jumps and drops, with occasional short bursts of flight before returning to the same spot. She wasn't hunting, I think, just... playing? Exercising? Either way, she looked amazing
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#BoundaryBay #birds #NorthernHarrier

This Harrier was parked by the trail doing (as far as I could tell) a lot of random flapping jumps and drops, with occasional short bursts of flight before returning to the same spot. She wasn't hunting, I think, just... playing? Exercising? Either way, she looked amazing
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#BoundaryBay #birds #NorthernHarrier

This Harrier was parked by the trail doing (as far as I could tell) a lot of random flapping jumps and drops, with occasional short bursts of flight before returning to the same spot. She wasn't hunting, I think, just... playing? Exercising? Either way, she looked amazing
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#BoundaryBay #birds #NorthernHarrier

This Harrier was parked by the trail doing (as far as I could tell) a lot of random flapping jumps and drops, with occasional short bursts of flight before returning to the same spot. She wasn't hunting, I think, just... playing? Exercising? Either way, she looked amazing
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#BoundaryBay #birds #NorthernHarrier

This Harrier was parked by the trail doing (as far as I could tell) a lot of random flapping jumps and drops, with occasional short bursts of flight before returning to the same spot. She wasn't hunting, I think, just... playing? Exercising? Either way, she looked amazing
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#BoundaryBay #birds #NorthernHarrier

A Northern Harrier, patrolling very close to the trail. A male, I think (which for some reason I've hardly ever seen), based on the very pale outfit, which gives them the nickname "grey ghost"
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#BoundaryBay #birds #NorthernHarrier

A Northern Harrier, patrolling very close to the trail. A male, I think (which for some reason I've hardly ever seen), based on the very pale outfit, which gives them the nickname "grey ghost"
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#BoundaryBay #birds #NorthernHarrier

A Northern Harrier, patrolling very close to the trail. A male, I think (which for some reason I've hardly ever seen), based on the very pale outfit, which gives them the nickname "grey ghost"
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#BoundaryBay #birds #NorthernHarrier

A Northern Harrier, patrolling very close to the trail. A male, I think (which for some reason I've hardly ever seen), based on the very pale outfit, which gives them the nickname "grey ghost"
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#BoundaryBay #birds #NorthernHarrier

A Northern Harrier, patrolling very close to the trail. A male, I think (which for some reason I've hardly ever seen), based on the very pale outfit, which gives them the nickname "grey ghost"
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#BoundaryBay #birds #NorthernHarrier

Approximately a zillion #CacklingGeese coming in to land at the Tualatin River #NationalWildlifeRefuge this afternoon. Sound on for the full effect! Other birds today included a #NorthernHarrier lass cruising past at eye level, a distant flock of #WesternMeadowlark flushing up from the field, groups of #TundraSwan and #SnowGoose, faraway #GreaterYellowlegs and #Killdeer, a #GoldenCrownedKinglet practically in my pocket, and a white-belly second year #BaldEagle piccoloing overhead.
#BirdsOf2024

Approximately a zillion #CacklingGeese coming in to land at the Tualatin River #NationalWildlifeRefuge this afternoon. Sound on for the full effect! Other birds today included a #NorthernHarrier lass cruising past at eye level, a distant flock of #WesternMeadowlark flushing up from the field, groups of #TundraSwan and #SnowGoose, faraway #GreaterYellowlegs and #Killdeer, a #GoldenCrownedKinglet practically in my pocket, and a white-belly second year #BaldEagle piccoloing overhead.
#BirdsOf2024

Approximately a zillion #CacklingGeese coming in to land at the Tualatin River #NationalWildlifeRefuge this afternoon. Sound on for the full effect! Other birds today included a #NorthernHarrier lass cruising past at eye level, a distant flock of #WesternMeadowlark flushing up from the field, groups of #TundraSwan and #SnowGoose, faraway #GreaterYellowlegs and #Killdeer, a #GoldenCrownedKinglet practically in my pocket, and a white-belly second year #BaldEagle piccoloing overhead.
#BirdsOf2024

Approximately a zillion #CacklingGeese coming in to land at the Tualatin River #NationalWildlifeRefuge this afternoon. Sound on for the full effect! Other birds today included a #NorthernHarrier lass cruising past at eye level, a distant flock of #WesternMeadowlark flushing up from the field, groups of #TundraSwan and #SnowGoose, faraway #GreaterYellowlegs and #Killdeer, a #GoldenCrownedKinglet practically in my pocket, and a white-belly second year #BaldEagle piccoloing overhead.
#BirdsOf2024

Approximately a zillion #CacklingGeese coming in to land at the Tualatin River #NationalWildlifeRefuge this afternoon. Sound on for the full effect! Other birds today included a #NorthernHarrier lass cruising past at eye level, a distant flock of #WesternMeadowlark flushing up from the field, groups of #TundraSwan and #SnowGoose, faraway #GreaterYellowlegs and #Killdeer, a #GoldenCrownedKinglet practically in my pocket, and a white-belly second year #BaldEagle piccoloing overhead.
#BirdsOf2024

My best ever shots of a Northern Harrier. She happened to be flying in my general direction, and I felt a mix of excitement and panic. Logically I know it wouldn't see me as prey, but there's something primal about these creatures, y'know?
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#BoundaryBay #NorthernHarrier

My best ever shots of a Northern Harrier. She happened to be flying in my general direction, and I felt a mix of excitement and panic. Logically I know it wouldn't see me as prey, but there's something primal about these creatures, y'know?
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#BoundaryBay #NorthernHarrier

Northern Harrier

#WildlifePhotography #Wildlife #Photography #RidgefieldWildlifeRefuge #Ridgefield #Washington #NorthernHarrier

A Lapland longspur, a Northern harrier, an American kestrel, and a killdeer at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, yesterday.

For more: https://calebcrain.substack.com/p/the-watched-and-the-watchers

#birds #birding #laplandlongspur #northernharrier #americankestrel #killdeer #birdphotography #floydbennettfield #brooklynbirding #nikonD500 #sigma150600

A Lapland longspur, a Northern harrier, an American kestrel, and a killdeer at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, yesterday.

For more: https://calebcrain.substack.com/p/the-watched-and-the-watchers

#birds #birding #laplandlongspur #northernharrier #americankestrel #killdeer #birdphotography #floydbennettfield #brooklynbirding #nikonD500 #sigma150600

A Lapland longspur, a Northern harrier, an American kestrel, and a killdeer at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, yesterday.

For more: https://calebcrain.substack.com/p/the-watched-and-the-watchers

#birds #birding #laplandlongspur #northernharrier #americankestrel #killdeer #birdphotography #floydbennettfield #brooklynbirding #nikonD500 #sigma150600

A Lapland longspur, a Northern harrier, an American kestrel, and a killdeer at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, yesterday.

For more: https://calebcrain.substack.com/p/the-watched-and-the-watchers

#birds #birding #laplandlongspur #northernharrier #americankestrel #killdeer #birdphotography #floydbennettfield #brooklynbirding #nikonD500 #sigma150600

A Lapland longspur, a Northern harrier, an American kestrel, and a killdeer at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, yesterday.

For more: https://calebcrain.substack.com/p/the-watched-and-the-watchers

#birds #birding #laplandlongspur #northernharrier #americankestrel #killdeer #birdphotography #floydbennettfield #brooklynbirding #nikonD500 #sigma150600