harrier

Example Sentences

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The bog is an important site for biodiversity and is home to the endangered hen harrier.

From BBC • Jul. 15, 2025

More vegetation along the wetlands means better nesting for mallards, northern harrier hawks and other species.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2023

“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

It was an hour past noon when the diligence, with its polyglot freight, drove up to the harrier.

From Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge by Wylie, James Aitken