harrier

Example Sentences

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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

Emmy the harrier is crazy for ice cubes.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2018

We went for this striking female hen harrier in flight.

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2013

Just at the minut we heard a great screechin' o' dogs, and through the fence comes the harrier pack that the Reserve orficers kept in the camp beyond.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 10, 1917 by Various