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Harriers at Irvine Nat. Cent.

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Timothy Houghton

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Timothy Houghton

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Sat, 12 Nov 2011 19:02:26 -0500

I didn't think to post this earlier, but the mention today of a harrier at a different location suggested that perhaps some would be interested in the harriers at Irvine. I've been to Irvine twice in the last ten days, and each time I saw 3 northern harriers: 2 females and 1 male. The first time was particularly compelling, b/c I saw all 3 flying at the same time. It's hard to describe the impression I received from that. The day was cool and breezy--an early winter landscape, open grassy fields, lines of largely leafless trees in various places, the wind in grasses and branches. It was terribly beautiful, stark. They were flying low, making wave patterns, as you know, over the fields, then rising to go over some trees, then down again to resume the close wave shape near the ground. They seemed to dominate the entire area. I'll never forget that day, seeing the 3 of them there. TH
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