^A female soars by. Harriers are one of the few birds where females have a completely different color than the males. The females are brown, while the males are gray and white.
^Female.
Northern harriers are premanent residents in Oasis Valley. I have watched them several years in a row nest in a particular dense patch of marsh, building their nest on the ground amidst tall bulrushes and cattails that screened the nest from view. If I came too close bith hawks flew by me angrily, calling "kek-kek-kek-kek-kek". I left them alone. Later in spring and summer, two to three juveniles began testing their wings, flying about the marshes and river grasslands with their parents.
^Female.
Northern harriers also hunt in the creosote deserts surrounding the valley.
HOME..........Oasis Valley Birds..........Oasis Valley Bird List
