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    Chandrashekhar Sardesai
    Dec 21, 2021

    Marsh Harrier hunting a weed??

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    Saw this Marsh Harrier swoop down for a hunt at Al Qudra but then found it had "caught" the weed. Wonder if it was nesting. Do they nest here? Was there something like a reptile there between the weed that the harrier went after. It did finally manage to free a large part of the weed that she flew away with.

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    Dan Sharon
    Dec 23, 2021

    First,Marsh Harriers can hear things that maybe you missed up. Many times they missed up the catch and stay only with a branch of leaves in the antlers normal sight!

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    Chandrashekhar Sardesai
    Dec 21, 2021

    Harrier flew away with the weed.


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    Chandrashekhar Sardesai
    Dec 21, 2021

    I wanted to post three photos of the sequence. Looks like it takes one photo at a time.


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