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harrier

[har-ee-er] / ˈhær i ər /




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For 30 minutes we watch a northern harrier on the hunt, dive-bombing blue-winged and cinnamon teal, though he always comes up empty.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Aside from curlew, they pose a threat to a number of native species including the Orkney vole, short-eared owl and hen harrier.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2025

“The harrier has landed,” exclaimed a volunteer on a Sunday bird walk at the Rio Grande Nature Center State Park.

From Washington Post • Dec. 11, 2019

As you entered there was a mural of a giant harrier hawk swooping down to take a Range Rover in its claws.

From The Guardian • May 6, 2019

The Dupuy brach is slender and has a narrow muzzle, as if it had some harrier blood in its veins.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891 by Various