Breeding season records of North Harriers in North Carolina

Despite the fact that the Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) is a regular, although not particularly common nesting bird on the nearby Delmarva Peninsula (Kain, 1987; Robbins and Boone, 1984), there is little hard evidence of these birds breeding in coastal North Carolina. The only published reports...

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Main Authors: David S. Lee, E. Wayne Irvin
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.611.614
http://www.carolinabirdclub.org/chat/issues/1988/v52n1noha.pdf
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Summary:Despite the fact that the Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) is a regular, although not particularly common nesting bird on the nearby Delmarva Peninsula (Kain, 1987; Robbins and Boone, 1984), there is little hard evidence of these birds breeding in coastal North Carolina. The only published reports of breeding are an unsuccessful nesting attempt near Frisco, Dare