From time-to-time one of the ever patient and vigilant trail cameras delivers a real keeper photo. It might be an infrequent critter, an artfully-composed image or an action shot. Every ten days or so as we make our rounds of the camera trap line can be an adventure.
Recently there was this....
It's a rare event to snag an image of a resident raptor on the ground. Particularly one with another bird for scale. In this case a crow.
I cannot be absolutely certain but I believe that the hawk is a female northern harrier. Underside wing markings, owl-like face and yellow eyes are reasonably reliable field marks. Also, a male and female are frequent visitors and are observed hunting as they glide just above the ground in the breeze.
Even if I'm wrong about the ID it certainly made my day to upload these gems.
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