Sentences with phrase «northern harriers»

You may find Red - tailed Hawks kiting along coastal bluffs, Red - shouldered Hawks calling from the trees, Northern Harriers coasting along marshes, and American Kestrels perched in the coastal scrub.

There were four Northern Harriers — juveniles, distinguished by their pumpkin colored chests.

Some locally nesting raptors — for example, Red - tailed Hawks, Northern Harriers, and White - tailed Kites — may not migrate anywhere beyond the seven Bay Area counties in their lifetime.

Lead - author and conservation genomics expert Dr Graham Etherington in the Di Palma Group at EI, said: «Molecular phylogenetics was applied to the Hen Harriers and the Northern Harriers to see if genetics could shed some light on whether the accepted morphological nuances between the species indeed represent a genuine distinction.

Deemed as one species spread across different continents, scientists confirm that the Eurasian Hen Harrier and the American Northern Harrier are in fact two distinct species.

The study, published as the cover article in BioMed Central's Avian Research, led by the Earlham Institute and the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of California, explores the phylogenetic relationship between two forms of Harriers (Circus cyaneus); the Eurasian Hen Harrier (C. c. cyan ecus) and the American Northern Harrier (C. c. hudsonius) to distinguish their ancestry and evolution.

«These genetic indicators distinguish the Hen Harrier and its close relative the Northern Harrier, genetically as well as morphologically, suggesting geographical isolation is enough to form two distinct lineages,» added Dr Etherington.

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Follow the trials and triumphs of a Golden Gate Raptor Observatory intern, as told through several encounters with a particularly mysterious species of raptor — the Northern Harrier.

Not exact matches

In 2015 Labour will be outspent by the Conservatives in the south, harried by the SNP and Ukip in its northern and Scottish heartlands and hampered by the ongoing disappointment that is its leader.

Ideal for birdwatchers, the Outer Hebrides sees 90 % of Europe's Leach's petrels and 24 % of the world's northern gannet population, as well as numerous important species like cornrakes, hen harriers and golden eagles on a regular basis.