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The telltale, delicate, red epaulet feathers of the Red-winged Blackbird contrasted against their black ones. Obviously, some predator used this area for plucking and eating their prey. Was it the noted bird predator the Cooper's Hawk or perhaps a Northern Harrier, formerly known as the Marsh Hawk?
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www.desertusa.com/mag99/june/stories/masrhawk.html
www.desertusa.com/mag99/june/stories/masrhawk.html
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on hen harrier (bird), The best-known harrier is the hen harrier (British), usually called marsh hawk in the United States (Circus cyaneus), which breeds in temperate and boreal regions throughout the Northern Hemisphere and in southern South... ... Marsh hawk (Circus cyaneus)[Credits :
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Marsh Hawk, or Northern Harrier, a bird of prey that lives in marshy or grassy areas of North America; it is the only harrier found in the Americas. The bird has long, yellow legs, a long tail, and an owl-like, disc-shaped face.
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animals.howstuffworks.com/birds/marsh-hawk-info.htm
animals.howstuffworks.com/birds/marsh-hawk-info.htm
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Online version of CD ... A Marsh Hawk was seen to seize a bird on its nest, perhaps a Marsh Wren, Troglodytes palustris, and carry it off in its talons with the nest! A pair were hovering over the marsh during the whole of our stay, and probably had a nest thereabout.
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www.audubon.org/bird/BoA/F2_G11a.html
www.audubon.org/bird/BoA/F2_G11a.html
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From now on the Marsh Hawk is on my black list". That statement made hy a man in an official position, coming as it did just prior to the hunting season, probably did more harm than the hawk supporters in his state can live down in the next five years.
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elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Wilson/v050n02/p0142-p0142.html
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ONE of the most widely distributed birds of North America is the Marsh Hawk, according to Wilson, breeding from the fur regions around Hudson's Bay to Texas, and from Nova Scotia to Oregon and California. Excepting in the ... It will be observed that even the Hawk, rapacious as he undoubtedly is, is a useful bird.
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www.birdnature.com/may1897/marsh.html
www.birdnature.com/may1897/marsh.html
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North America's Northern Harrier, aka Harrier, aka Marsh Hawk, is one of my favorite birds, because he dwells in my favorite sorts of places. I am happy wherever the Harrier is happy. ... Bookmark Bird of the Week: Harrier (Marsh Hawk) at del.icio.us ... Digg Bird of the Week: Harrier (Marsh Hawk)
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maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/archives/2989-Bird-of-the-Week-Harrier-Marsh-Hawk.html
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File Name: marsh-hawk_7036; Description: Birds of prey usually have stout, hooked beaks and sharp, curved claws, fitting them for clutching and tearing their prey. Source: Buel P. Colton, Zoology: Descriptive and Practical (Boston:D.C. Heath & Co., 1903)234;
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etc.usf.edu/clipart/7000/7036/marsh-hawk_7036.htm
etc.usf.edu/clipart/7000/7036/marsh-hawk_7036.htm
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