Rex Trulove
The call of the marsh hawk or northern harrier isn’t melodic, but it is quite similar to the sound that many other raptors make. Marsh hawks often call as they are flying and not just during the breeding season. The call isn’t particularly loud, so many people might hear it and not even think of what they are hearing.
Written by Rex Trulove
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the sound was really interesting!
I am always interested in birds of prey. I love to watch them fly. THere is majesty in that.
Yes, there is. They fly with ease and total mastery of the air.
we have a lot of Vultures/Buzzards in our area. When they are on the ground you think that thing can’t fly.
they are graceful in the air!
A curious fact about vultures is that if they are enclosed in a 6-foot tall fenced area that is 8-feet across, width-wise and length-wise, but without a top, they won’t escape. They need more space to get into the air. Hawks and eagles, on the other hand, can fly straight up and get out of the same enclosure.
they are lumbering when they take off, you are right! graceful once in the air.
we turned the corner on our walk the other day and there were 20 in front of us!
What an amazing post. Thanks for sharing.
I’m glad that you liked it. I really like marsh hawks and it is a blast watching them hunt.
Very interesting to hear the call of these birds.
I enjoy the call. Of course, I also love the call of the red-tailed hawk, too.
The Marsh Hawk breeds in many parts of the United States, as well as beyond our limits to the north and south in which it finds a place suited to its habits; as is the case with the Blue-winged Teal, and several ether species, which have until now been supposed to retreat to high latitudes for the purpose. That many make choice of the more northern regions, and return southward in autumn, is quite certain; but in all probability an equal number remain within the confines of the United States to breed.
It is quite possible and probable. It is too cold for them in winter here, and they’d be limited in prey, but there are plenty of places in the US with milder winters.
I like hearing these fly by. Amazing birds. Or at least I think these are what I hear.
It is quite possible. They have a very large range and there are a lot of them.
I’ve had a pneumonia, and am just getting better. Three weeks of no hiking, this video made me want to get out sooo bad.
So glad you are better Kim. I was ready to come find you to see about you. 🙂
Oh boy Carol, this one got me. Check up at the docs today. 🙂 Thank you.
A lot of people around here have had the same thing, including our pastor. It is yucky and it lingers. Don’t push yourself to get out too soon. I did that with the same bug and although I didn’t get pneumonia, I had a hacking cough that took me 8 weeks to get over. If I’d taken it easier, I might have been over it in half the time. Four weeks is still too long.
Awe, poor guy! I hope he went to the doctor. I did push myself too much, I tried working for a whole week with this. Probably why it went to pneumonia. Frowns..
Four weeks is way too long, and eight with a hacking cough must of been brutal. Good to see you are better now. 🙂
He resisted going to the doctor, but his wife insisted. It was to the point that he almost passed out after delivering a sermon. His wife was rather insistent. He was one of four people I know of in our congregation that ended up with pneumonia and all because they continued to push it and do too much work when they were sick. Walking pneumonia is nasty stuff.
That is good to hear. Good wife!
My receptionist made me leave finally. She thought I was going to pass out a few times. I finally gave in. Good thing I did. I think walking pneumonia is worse than just regular pneumonia. I’ve had both now.
I love these guys, and yes I have heard their cry many many times. They winter here at the closest lagoon to the house. 😉
We’re too cold for them to winter, but they breed here. I envy you.