Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Falconiformes
Order: Aves
Family:Accipitridae
Genus: Circus
Species: cyaneus

Northern Harrier

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Amadon, D. and Bull, J (1988). Hawks and owls of the world a distribution and taxonomic list. Proceedings of the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology 3, 225-327.

  AOU (1982) thirty fourth supplement to the AOU checklist of North American birds. Auk 99, 1-16.

  Barnard, P., Mac Whurther, R.B., Simmons, R.E., Hansen, G.L., and Smith, P.C. (1987) Timing of breeding and seasonal importance of passerine prey to northern harriers (Circus cyaneus). Canadian Journal of Zoology 65, 1942-1950.

  Bildstein, K. and Collopy, M.W. (1985) Escorting flight and agnostic interactions in wintering northern harriers. Condor 87, 398-401.

  Bildstein, K. and Gallop, J.B. (1988) Northern Harriers Circus cyaneus In Handbook of North American Birds (ed. R.S. Palmer) Vol.4 Yale University Press New Haven.

  Bidstein, K.L. and Hamerstrom, F. (1980) Age and sex differences in the size of northern harrier. Journal of Field Ornithology 51, 356-360.

  Dekker, Dick.(1996) Hawks: Hunters on the wing. North Word Press, Inc. P.O. Box 1360, Minocqua,Wi. 54548 139 pp.

Gomes, Scott, no date, Northern Harrier, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center. http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov 10/20/02, paragraph 1

  Hamerstrom, Frances (1986) Harrier Hawk of the Marshes. Smithsonian Institution Press Washington D.C. 170 pp.

  Heintzelman, Donald S. (1979) Hawks and Owls of North America. Universe Books, 381 Park Ave. South , New York, NY. 10016 181 pp.

  R. Bruce Macwhirter and Keith L. Bildstein 1996 Northern Harrier, Birds of North America.

http://www.birdsofna.org/harrier.html, 10/20/02, paragraphs 22 and 31.

  Simmons, Robert E. (2000) Harriers of the world. Oxford University Press Inc. New York, NY. 368 pp.

  Wheeler, Brian K. and William, Clark S. A photographic guide to North American Raptors. Academic Press, 24-28 Oval Road, London NW1 7DX 198 pp.