FIRST RECORD OF A MELANISTIC NORTHERN HARRIER IN NORTH AMERICA

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Published: 1992-04-01

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STEVE N. G. HOWELL
Point Reyes Bird Observatory, 4990 Shoreline Highway, Stinson Beach, California 94970
SOPHIE WEBB
DAVID A. SIBLEY
LINA J. PRAIRIE

Abstract

On 16 January 1991, Prairie spotted a melanistic adult male Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) at the intersection of Road 70 and Road Z, between Butte Creek and the Sacramento River, about 6 miles northwest of Gray Lodge Waterfowl.

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Vol. 23 No. 2 (1992)

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