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, ...

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 ...