Northern Harriers Hunting (HD)

Here are several beautiful female northern harriers hunting by swooping low and slow over sunny fields and marshes while listening and watching for prey such as voles. The northern harrier is a slender, medium-sized raptor with a long, barred tail, a distinctive white rump, and an owl-like facial disk that is visible at close range. It used to be called the marsh hawk.
Harriers are unusual in that there is a greater difference between male and female plumage than is typical of raptors. Females are brown above with varying degrees of brown and buff streaking below. Males are gray above with an unmarked lighter color below; they also have black wingtips. This video shows only female harriers because I couldn't find any males to film on the day of my visit.
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