{"id":4429,"date":"2012-02-17T05:55:06","date_gmt":"2012-02-17T12:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=4429"},"modified":"2025-10-02T18:45:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T23:45:03","slug":"female-northern-harrier-friday-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/02\/17\/female-northern-harrier-friday-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Female Northern Harrier ~ Friday Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-158973 size-full\" title=\"Female Northern Harrier coursing along a road, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/northern-harrier-female-mia-mcpherson-4090.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/northern-harrier-female-mia-mcpherson-4090.jpg\" alt=\"Female Northern Harrier coursing along a road, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah\" width=\"850\" height=\"607\" data-id=\"10075\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20850%20607%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/northern-harrier-female-mia-mcpherson-4090-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/northern-harrier-female-mia-mcpherson-4090-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/northern-harrier-female-mia-mcpherson-4090-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/northern-harrier-female-mia-mcpherson-4090-600x428.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/northern-harrier-female-mia-mcpherson-4090-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/northern-harrier-female-mia-mcpherson-4090.jpg 850w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/> <span style=\"color: #888888;\">Female Northern Harrier coursing along a road &#8211;\u00a0 Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/1250, ISO 640, +0.7 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 314mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Just a simple image taken yesterday of a female Northern Harrier flying along a road for today&#8217;s Friday Photo.<\/p>\n<p>Harriers fly with great ease, it seems almost effortless to me. This female Northern Harrier was coursing along a road in search of prey and gave me some great views of her pale yellow eye and the bold barring under her wings.<\/p>\n<p>Life<em> is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n<p>Mia<\/p>\n<p>Click <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/northern-harrier-images\/\">here<\/a> <\/span>to view more of my Northern Harrier photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This female Northern Harrier was coursing along a road in search of prey and gave me great views of her pale yellow eye and bold barring under her 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