I'd stopped at the lower Waterworks Park in Lakemore to be at someplace quiet to read and eat lunch this afternoon.  I'd heard what I at first thought was a hawk, but realized the call was somewhat different.  Looking out my window, I saw what I later identified as a Northern Harrier hunting over the ball field.  S/he soared and turned below treetop height over the field, calling.  After a few minutes, he gained some altitude to treetop height, then higher, and soared out of sight.  I did not expect that.  I was trying to figure out what raptor was so pale as to be white underneath, with no barring, and black wingtips.  Lovely.  
Jean JohnsonAkron, OH

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