I spent a good portion of this afternoon enjoying 5 harriers hunting over the southern (wetland) area within Glacier Ridge Metropark in Union County located just northwest of Columbus.

Always a good place to find harriers, today was no exception despite the snow and limited visibility at times.  Two harriers were male and I got some good looks by them.  An image of one can be seen here:

http://viewfinder.us/_wsn/page19.html

The hunting prowess of these beautiful raptors always amaze me.  Two females plucked two voles from the fields and one of the males captured a third but dropped it from midair.

Hideta Nagai

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