October 26, 2026
Monday Morning Mystery
Yesterday morning, top Celery Farm Nature Preserve birder Julie McCall saw an unusual-looking hawk over the Green Way fields. Although…
Today was surprisingly slow at State Line — only seven Broad-winged Hawks.
But then Isaac Michael Ruschak spotted a male Northern Harrier — a Gray Ghost — flying along the shoreline. And t0ok some great pix as well.
It was a sight to behold. I had never seen a Gray Ghost from above before. That's one of the many great aspects of Stateline.
More on Northern Harriers here:
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Harrier/id
(Thanks for sharing, Isaac!)