Northern Harrier Delight

(A re-post from 2 years ago) During my weekend short-eared owl photo trip, I also photographed a lot of Northern Harriers (Circus cyaneus) that were active over the prairie. I always enjoy watching the harriers, flying low and often hovering over the tall grasses, in search of mice and other small animals. Today’s post includes […]

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A Harrier Sunday

Yesterday, on my way to the Platte River in Nebraska, I stopped by Squaw Creek NWR (northwest Missouri) to check out the bird activity. Several interesting findings there … today I’m highlighting a couple of Northern Harrier images I made of a harrier that was hunting over a marsh:         Stay tuned […]

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A Hunting Harrier at Sunset

One evening during my recent trip to Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area, a lone juvenile Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) was very actively hunting with the sun beginning to set. Staying inside and using my vehicle as a blind, the harrier got pretty close to the car and obliged me with some nice images with the lovely […]

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Short-Eared Owl Party

As I mentioned in yesterday’s post of the Snowy Owl, I had a wonderful evening Sunday with the Short-Eared Owls (Asio flammeus) at Shawnee Trail Conservation Area, in southwest, Missouri. The number of owls were down from my last visit there, in early January. I suspect that some of the owls may have moved, based […]

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Prairie Hunters

This post includes the final Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) images that I captured last weekend during my Short-Eared Owl photo trip. In today’s post, a female Northern Harrier is actively hunting over the prairie:     Once a potential meal has been spotted, the legs come down and the bird prepares to make a catch: […]

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Northern Harriers, Up Close & Personal

  During my weekend short-eared owl photo trip, I also photographed a lot of Northern Harriers (Circus cyaneus) that were active over the prairie. I always enjoy watching the harriers, flying low and often hovering over the tall grasses, in search of mice and other small animals. Today’s post includes some close-up images I was […]

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