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	Marsh Harrier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Marsh Harriers are birds of prey of the harrier subfamily.
		The Western Marsh Harrier is a typical harrier, with long wings held in a shallow V in its low flight.
		Marsh Harriers hunt small mammals, insects and birds, surprising them as they drift low over fields and reedbeds.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marsh_Harrier (395 words)

	Western Marsh Harrier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Marsh Harriers live in large and dense reedbeds around lakes, marshes and rivers with a strong preference for shallow waters with dense vegetation.
		Marsh harriers are unusual in diurnal raptors in that they have very good hearing with something of a facial disc similar to the owls.
		Marsh Harriers predominantly prey on marsh birds and mammals.
	www.pauldfrost.btinternet.co.uk /mharrier.html (509 words)

	Marsh harrier - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
		It is distinguishable from other harriers by its larger size, heavier build, broader wings and absence of white on the rump.
		Marsh harriers can be seen at: Elmley, Kent; Leighton Moss, Lancashire; Minsmere, Suffolk; Titchwell Marsh and Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; Ouse and Nene Washes, Cambs, and Blacktoft Sands, Yorkshire.
		Neolithic drawings of marsh harriers have been found on the walls of a cave in Spain.
	www.rspb.org.uk /birds/guide/m/marshharrier/index.asp (256 words)

	Northern harrier: the "Marsh hawk" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Harriers generally have about 4-5 young in a clutch and parental care is offered by both parents.
		Harriers were abundant in this region until the beginning of the 20th century when their numbers began to dwindle.
		Current threats to the Northern harrier include ongoing pesticide use and the loss of breeding habitat, specifically the filling of wetlands and the development of grasslands habitats.
	www.hackensackriverkeeper.org /newsletters/Summer2003/06_Summer_2003.htm (328 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Marsh harrier
		Harriers are slow fliers and have the ability to remain airborne at speeds of less than 32 km/h (20 mph).
		Marsh harriers have a body length of 48-56cm, a wingspan of 110-130cm and weigh 0.4-0.8kg.
		Marsh harriers are not considered to be globally threatened, but numbers have declined over much of their range.
	www.bbc.co.uk /nature/wildfacts/factfiles/237.shtml (290 words)

	Northern Harrier: WhoZoo
		The Northern Harrier is a slender bird with long wings, a long tail, yellow legs, an owl-like facial disk, a conspicuous white rump (that shows easily in flight), and yellow eyes.
		The harrier would make a loud scream, kee-kee-kee: kek, kek, kek, when someone disturbs her or is near her territory.
		The harrier's owl-like facial appearance is due to the presence of "filo feathers" that facilitate acute directional hearing.
	www.whozoo.org /Intro2002/HuongPhan/HTP_NorthernHarrier.html (543 words)

	Auk, The: Daily energy expenditure of male and female Marsh Harrier nestlings
		Because the average sex ratio at fledging in Marsh Harriers is 55% male, and the energy requirement of sons is 45% of the son-daughter pair, this sex ratio matches exactly that predicted by Fisher's theory (1930).
		Marsh Harrier nestlings showed a growth pattern characteristic of birds of prey, with a clear distinction in asymptotic body mass between the sexes and a peak in body mass shortly before fledging (Collopy 1986, Dijkstra et al.
		In Marsh Harriers, asymptotic body mass was significantly different between males and females, and absolute growth rate over the entire nestling period averaged 20 g day^sup -1^ for males and 25 g day^sup -1^ for females.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3793/is_199807/ai_n8801219 (1436 words)

	Marsh harrier - Circus aeruginosus: More Information - ARKive
		Marsh harriers are recognised as harriers by their long, narrow tails, long legs and wings held in a 'V' in flight.
		There are records of marsh harriers in Britain that date from the Iron Age, about 3000 years ago (2).
		Marsh harriers are usually associated with wetlands, as the common name would suggest (2).
	www.arkive.org /species/ARK/birds/Circus_aeruginosus/more_info.html (715 words)

	Harriers - Birds ProvenceBeyond
		Most harriers have pointed wings and the males are grey; only the Marsh Harrier has rounded wings and mostly brown plumage.
		The Marsh Harrier is the largest of the harriers, with coloring and wing shape resembling the buzzard.
		The harrier is common in all of the lowland areas of Beyond, and easily seen in the Camargue.
	www.beyond.fr /birds/harriers.html (187 words)

	* Harrier - (Bird): Definition
		The Marsh Harrier is found all year round in Spain,...
		The Harrier is a low-perching Hawk, and most frequently will be seen alighting on a slight elevation or in the grass.
		A well-known resident of the West, the northern harrier favors marsh, field and prairie habitats, such as those at Caesar Creek State Park in Warren County...
	en.mimi.hu /bird/harrier.html (641 words)

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		The Northern Harrier commonly appears in upper North America, including at the Palo Alto Baylands, during the breeding season, and during the winters they are spotted in the middle U.S., from Kansas to Arizona, into Mexico.
		The Northern Harrier, with its 40"-54" wingspan, can be seen flying low over the ground, alternately flapping and gliding, holding its wings in a shallow V. The Northern Harriers' flight is characterized by its unsteady tilting and leaning at angles as it glides.
		Northern Harriers are highly territorial especially because their life style is dependent on food availability, which is why they must have a large area to hunt.
	www.stanford.edu /~cbross/CRF03/hawk.html (740 words)

	MARSH - Definition
		{Marsh cinquefoil} (Bot.), a plant ({Potentilla palustris}) having purple flowers, and found growing in marshy places; marsh five-finger.
		{Marsh hen} (Zo["o]l.), a rail; esp., {Rallus elegans} of fresh-water marshes, and {R.
		officinalis}) common in marshes near the seashore, and whose root is much used in medicine as a demulcent.
	www.hyperdictionary.com /dictionary/marsh (375 words)

	Harrier (bird) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A Harrier is any of several species of diurnal birds of prey which fly low over meadows and marshes and hunt or harry small animals or birds (hence their common name).
		The American Northern Harrier is also known as the Marsh Hawk.
		It is usually classed as conspecific with the Hen Harrier, but is sometimes considered a separate species.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harrier_(bird) (146 words)

	Northern Harrier
		- This long-winged, long-tailed hawk is usually seen gliding unsteadily over marshes with its wings held in a shallow V. The rump is white and the wing tips fl; the male has a pale grey back, head and breast and the female and young are brown above and streaked below.
		It is a usually silent bird but at the nest it utters a "kee-kee-kee-kee" or a sharp whistle.
		They lay 4 or 5 pale blue or white eggs on a mound of dead reeds and grass in a marsh or shrubby meadow.
	www.bcadventure.com /adventure/wilderness/birds/harrier.htm (141 words)

	Marsh Hawk (DesertUSA) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The female Harrier is larger than the male; hence, the female takes larger prey than the male.
		Northern Harriers hunt on the wing during the day cruising low over open fields or marshlands with their wings held in a V-like pattern.
		When prey is located, the Harrier either stalls in flight and pounces, or hovers like a helicopter for a better look, or a better listen.
	www.desertusa.com /mag99/june/stories/masrhawk.html (235 words)

	Marsh Harrier, Circus aeruginosus
		Despite the remarkable achievements of recent years, it is in my recollection that there was a 12-year period from 1960 when only a single young marsh harrier was raised in Norfolk.
		Marsh harriers do not breed until their third summer.
		One important marsh harrier colony breeding in cereal crops is guarded by a full-time warden employed by RSPB.
	www.birdsofbritain.co.uk /bird-guide/marsh-harrier.htm (536 words)

	North American Birds: First documented record of Marsh Harrier for the West Indies and the New World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Based on LM's description, AL suspected that the bird might be a Marsh Harrier, Circus aeruginosus, a species with which he was very familiar in France, and the suspicion was confirmed on viewing the videotape.
		The bird reappeared on 11 December, and AL continued searching and finally found the bird on 14 December, confirming that it was without doubt a Marsh Harrier, at that point on the basis of field-guide illustrations.
		The Marsh Harrier observed in Guadeloupe is probably more likely to have originated in Europe than in Africa, as part of the European population migrates as far as the southern Sahara (Gensbol 1999).
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa4104/is_200306/ai_n9280896 (1124 words)

	BirdForum - Marsh Harrier plan
		If the executive approves the hen harrier recovery scheme, 90 farmers will be paid to recreate 1500 acres of grassland around nesting areas which have been grazed out by sheep.
		The harriers prey on voles, mice and small birds but are widely persecuted on the UK mainland for taking the young of red grouse on moorlands, leading to a long-running controversy over their deliberate killing by grouse-moor owners and shooting syndicates.
		Farmers have increased the number of ewes on their grazing lands in response to the Common Agricultural Policy headage subsidy, with the unintended consequence that the rough grassland vital for the birds' survival is being grazed away.
	www.birdforum.net /showthread.php?t=1383 (606 words)

	Marsh Hawk
		In winter, the notes which the Marsh Hawk emits while on wing, are sharp, and sound like the syllables pee, pee, pee, the first slightly pronounced, the last louder, much prolonged, and ending plaintively.
		Our Marsh Hawks, after being paired, invariably keep together, and labour conjointly for the support of their family, until the young are left to shift for themselves.
		In general, the Marsh Hawks scoop the ground, for the purpose of fixing their nest to the spot.
	www.audubon.org /bird/BoA/F2_G11a.html (1599 words)

	Harrier "Marsh" Hawk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Although the birds of prey known as harriers inhabit many regions of the world, the northern harrier, also known as the marsh hawk, is the only species of North America.
		Harriers fly low to the ground over open country, primarily marshlands and grasslands, hunting for mice, frogs, fish, and snakes.
		Harriers also occasionally eat other birds, leaving their natural habitat to raid nests in trees.
	www.kwic.com /~pagodavista/schoolhouse/species/birds/harrier.htm (76 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - marsh harrier
		MSN Encarta - Search Results - marsh harrier
		Harrier (bird), common name for about 13 species of birds of prey, characterized by long legs, long, broad wings, and an owllike ruff of feathers...
		Marshland, treeless land in which the water table is at, above, or just below the surface of the ground; it is dominated by grasses, reeds, sedges,...
	encarta.msn.com /marsh+harrier.html (138 words)

	Marsh Harrier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In addition to the twin hazards of persecution and toxic chemical attack endured by our other Raptors, the Marsh Harrier has been particularly affected by habitat loss due mainly to land drainage and it is now very rare.
		The Marsh Harrier is a wetland bird, nesting in dense reed-beds or other thick vegetation in shallow water.
		Prey is usually caught by surprise as the Harrier quarters the ground, using all available cover.
	www.the-owl-barn.com /bbop/marsh.html (121 words)

	Sketch: Marsh Harrier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It used to nest on many drained marshes in lowland Britain and now beginning to use corn fields.
		It hunts by quartering open areas (often marshes) at a height of about five metres and then dropping on anything suitable - mostly small mammals and birds.
		Spectacular behaviour of passing food from male to female in flight a high point of harrier watching.
	www.birdcare.com /bin/showsketch?marsh+harrier (169 words)

	May-June 1998
		Honey Buzzard 7, Marsh Harrier 1, Osprey 2.
		Marsh Harrier 5, Sparrowhawk 9, Common Buzzard 12, Common Kestrel 1, Quail 1,
		Marsh Harrier 2, Sparrowhawk 10, Common Buzzard 100, Rough-legged Buzzard 3(481),
	home5.inet.tele.dk /ec-skaw/may-june1998.htm (1565 words)

	Harrier Marsh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		May 14th has been designated a prairie workday at Harrier Marsh south of Ogden.
		Please dress for the weather and wear mud boots since the area may be wet.
		Harrier Marsh is a 423-acre area of restored marsh and grassland purchased in 1990.
	www.public.iastate.edu /~herbarium/inps/marsh-workday.html (219 words)

	April 1999
		Marsh Harrier 4, Hen Harrier 2, Sparrowhawk 57, Common Buzzard 52, Rough-legged Buzzard 8,
		Gannet 6, Hen Harrier 1, Sparrowhawk 43, Common Buzzard 30, Rough-legged Buzzard 1, Osprey 3, Merlin 2, Peregrine 2, Curlew 86, Short-eared Owl 1, Raven 1.
		Red-throated Diver 340, Marsh Harrier 1, Hen Harrier 1, Goshawk 1, Sparrowhawk 72, Common Buzzard 44, Rough-legged Buzzard 9, Osprey 2, Kestrel 2, Merlin 2, Tree Pipit 1.
	home5.inet.tele.dk /ec-skaw/april99.htm (2368 words)

	Marsh tit - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
		Marsh tit - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
		Not distinguished from the willow tit as a separate species until 1897, the marsh tit is smart, clean looking bird with a small, well defined fl bib and glossy fl cap.
		As with so many woodland birds, its call is the best way of locating it.
	www.rspb.org.uk /birds/guide/m/marshtit/index.asp (195 words)

	Latest Bird Sightings - Dee Estuary
		1 Marsh Harrier (imm.) and 1 Hen Harrier (ringtail) - Parkgate Marsh.
		1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Peregrine, 5 Spotted Reshank, 10 Greenshank, 3 Ruff and approx 100 Black-tailed Godwit, - Inner Marsh Farm.
		1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Water Rail, 1 Short-eared Owl, 1 Merlin and 1 Peregrine - Burton Marsh.
	www.deeestuary.co.uk /ljulaug03.htm (2098 words)

	Chapter Mars <i>to</i> Martingale of M by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)
		In the United States, a composite shrub growing in salt marshes (Iva frutescens).
		a European hawk or harrier (Circus æruginosus); — called also marsh hawk, moor hawk, moor buzzard, puttock.
		A hawk or harrier native of both America and Europe.
	www.bibliomania.com /2/3/257/1204/23315/1.html (431 words)

	Birds in Lincolnshire - Marsh Harrier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The adult male Marsh Harrier returned to the Far Ings area at Barton on March 26th 2002.
		He quickly set about evicting a second calendar year male that was displaying over his territory and then in the evening settled onto his favourite bush.
		In the five years he has been present at Barton this splendid male has arrived back on March 26th in three of the five years a quite remarkable feat; in 1998 he did not arrive until April 11th and in 2000 arrived back on March 22nd.
	www.lincsbirdclub.co.uk /rare_birds/marsh_harrier_2.htm (318 words)

	Kearny Freshwater Marsh
		The Kearny Marsh (the Marsh) is an approximately 311 acre freshwater impoundment wetland.
		Adjacent to the southwestern corner of the Marsh is the approximately 110 acre Keegan Landfill (the Landfill).
		Proper closure of the Landfill and enhancement of the Marsh will be both an environmental and economic benefit to the community and the overall region.
	www.meadowlands.state.nj.us /natural_resources/wetlands/Kearny_Freshwater_Marsh.cfm (220 words)

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