2026 Northern Harrier Hunts

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Modified 10-Feb-26

Created 9-Feb-26

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Sudden wingbeats, soft shadow passing near, swift soaring raptor silently skimming grassland hollows. Wheeling, diving, gliding, soaring: Northern Harrier hunts. A different technique: Kite waits up high, watches for unsuspecting vole’s scurrying, then dives straight down, a growing shadow unremarkable to vole below. Harrier sweeps across landscape, suddenly appears over a rise, seizes surprised bird.

Two encounters, separated by an hour in time and a mile in distance. Each going our own way, we meet again.

Norrhern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) Hunts Down Low

Norrhern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) Hunts (Detail)

Norrhern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) Departs

Once Again: Norrhern Harrier (Circus cyaneus)

Norrhern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) Wheels

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