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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

While most hawks soar overhead while hunting, look low for the northern harrier. Sometimes they will soar overhead, but their preferred foraging style is a low patrol. They will glide along, possibly ...

A rare bird of prey is feared to have been shot in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Sita, a one-year-old hen harrier, had fledged from her nest in the Forest of Bowland, before settling at a ...

Genomics reveals that the Hen Harrier has two distinct evolutionary lineages. Deemed as one species spread across different continents, scientists now confirm that the Eurasian Hen Harrier and the ...

Over 40% of male marsh harriers look like females, spending their lives sporting the brown plumage and white heads characteristic of females. They’re one of only two bird species that does this.

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 ...

Young birds were closely monitored and protected from predators after six summers without fledging success A pair of Montagu’s harriers have raised four chicks in an English wheat field, the first ...

The chicks were raised on a private farm after months of careful protection. Tall predator-proof fencing surrounded the nest, keeping foxes and farm machinery away. Conservationists from the Royal ...