[NatureNS] Harrier behaviour -

Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 11:38:16 -0300
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During the migratory count, I had a Northern Harrier (male) fly by making a noise I had never heard before.  Usually I think of the Harrier flying quietly low over a field. This one was swooping up and down and doing loops in the wind over a treed lake. It's black wing tips stood out. It kept doing this many times - very odd.... then following behind was another lighter colored Harrier flying sedately low and level over the trees.

Can this be considered a display?

Incidently, I had a reasonable day with 45 species and 400 birds, in the middle of the Valley.

Larry Bogan   -    larry@bogan.ca       902-678-0446   http://www.bogan.ca
6539 Brooklyn St, Cambridge Station, N.S. B0P 1G0


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