Agree, we saw a male and female Northern Harrier there yesterday.

John/Tracy Bell

On Sun, Oct 8, 2023, 12:30 PM Kevin Lucas <vikingcove at gmail.com> wrote:


> Distant male Northern Harrier I just saw from our yard fit that

> description, including the lack of markings with my first views. After a

> few seconds I got good views and the markings became evident.

> I'd spotted it as I was watching a Turkey Vulture thermalling and gliding,

> working its way southward. I'd kept watching the TUVU for a few minutes,

> hoping some other birds would join it. The harrier was my reward.

>

> Good Birding,

> https://www.aba.org/aba-code-of-birding-ethics/

> Kevin Lucas

> Yakima County, WA

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> On October 8, 2023 12:20:27 PM Elaine Thomas <ethomas at salud.unm.edu>

> wrote:

>

>> Hiking Burroughs trail by Sunrise yesterday afternoon, I was watching

>> several ravens and a red-tailed hawk high over the bare hills when I got a

>> frustratingly brief look at a bird joining them - soaring, lazily chased by

>> ravens, made a twisty dodging maneuver and disappeared from my binoc view.

>> Quite pale (I saw all underside, maybe a bit of upper wing), but not bright

>> white, maybe cream/beige, slender build, smaller than the redtail, maybe

>> smaller than the ravens. It made me think of something like a prairie

>> falcon, but I didn't see any dark markings. Any guesses? Thanks!

>> Elaine Thomas

>> West Seattle

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