That is a nice shot of the Harrier in flight.
I was looking at how the feathers flexed and formed the aerofoil shape that keeps it aloft in flight.
Love aircraft and it was birds that taught us flight.
You can tell it's northern because it's the middle of January and there's snow on the ground and he's outside in just a pair of shorts and a vest.
The warmer-climate variant is not known as the Southern Harrier, but the Big Southern Jesse (fact).
We have one that hunts around here during the summer. It has learned to use our living room window as a method for catching birds. He starts chasing them and in their panic they mistake the window for a cave and hit the window and bounce off. He then captures them.
Thank you for your lovely posts of nature/animals. They always come across my feed just as I’m about ready to lose it. And then I can pause and breathe and smile 💜
I see red-tailed hawks on the Palouse prairie after harvest when everything is cut down low. They don't even have to fly to hunt. It's all rolling hills. They sit on the hillside and swoop if they see a meal. You can see one about every mile just sitting there watching. Life is easy. 😀
Harriers are cool and that is a good photo of one. Thankfully their white rumps and low altitude glide habits make them easier to identify than they otherwise would be.
Otherwise known as the Marsh Hawk. I see a pair every summer in my northern Maine home. Mostly the gray male is working the field for mice, while the dull brown female sits hidden in the grass on her eggs. I almost stepped on one once!
Not too common in the suburbs but I saw (and heard) two Northern Harriers last October. Didn't know what exactly the first was, but Merlin could tell from my recordings of its cries.
See that focus in its eyes? Thats what we all need right now, and into the future. Don’t be distracted. Focus on what you think is right, and make it happen.
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I was looking at how the feathers flexed and formed the aerofoil shape that keeps it aloft in flight.
Love aircraft and it was birds that taught us flight.
Thanks.
The warmer-climate variant is not known as the Southern Harrier, but the Big Southern Jesse (fact).
And had missiles.
I'm taking strength and defiance from this image.
😉
https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/
A Northern AV-8C Harrier,
Name: Harriet
Location: National Aviation Museum, Ottawa, Canada, 1997-circa 2001
Was not disappointed.