Hawk?... by wg34

Photography • Animals • posted on Mar 07, 2009

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When I was taking the photo I thought I was capturing a hawk,but after looking at the images ,it looks like an owl?Anyone know for sure.

Comments (18)

Enlightened

4:58PM | Sat, 07 March 2009

Beautiful capture of the bird in flight. Whatever it is it looks quite graceful.

whaleman

5:24PM | Sat, 07 March 2009

It looks like you have a male Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) from what I can see. Nice shot!

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foxxmulder70

5:35PM | Sat, 07 March 2009

An absolutely stunning capture!

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wg34

5:39PM | Sat, 07 March 2009

Thanks whaleman ,that seems to be it.

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danob

5:50PM | Sat, 07 March 2009

Bravo this is very rare in the UK but I think you will find this is in fact Montegu's Harrier Circus pygargus, which can be mistaken for the Hen Harrier (Northern Harrier) Great shot..

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wg34

6:11PM | Sat, 07 March 2009

I live in Southwest Canada,so the Northern Harrier seems more likely.

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