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Northern Harrier in flight |
The Northern Harrier is singularly responsible for my interest in all members of the raptor family.
It was the fact that she was slim and stream lined much like a falcon and had eyes like an owl that did the trick. I have never forgotten exactly how she was perched on that baseball diamond fence, because like all magic moments, the image seems to be permanently imprinted in the memory banks of my brain and teases me still. At the time I didn't have internet access, so my curiosity about this bird continued to burn brightly within me for quite some time.