Northern Harrier
Circus hudsonius
Family: Hawks, eagles, and kites
Northern Harrier is one of the species in the BirdGuess catalog. The daily puzzle hides a photo and opens it in pieces. You get five guesses.
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Unlike many raptors, hen or northern harriers have historically been favorably regarded by farmers because they eat mice that damage crops and predators of quail eggs.
The male usually passes off food to the female, which she then feeds to the young, although later the female will capture food and simply drop into the nest for her nestlings to eat.
Supplementing the diet occasionally are amphibians, reptiles and insects.