Immature female Northern Harrier?

[floraphile]

25 Sept 2021 Baldwin co. AL;  large agricultural patch with pasture/cropland, ponds

 

[Ed hogg]

Northern Harrier

[Peromyscus]

Northern Harrier indeed

[RobinHood]

Either adult female or young male/female, I'm leaning to the latter, but the lighting is tricky and without a front view..............

Edited September 26, 2021 by RobinHood

[floraphile]

45 minutes ago, RobinHood said:

Either adult female or young male/female, I'm leaning to the latter, but the lighting is tricky and without a front view..............

I have a few blurry side views.  What specific features should I look for?  Are brown eyes seen in both male & female immatures?

[RobinHood]

4 hours ago, floraphile said:

I have a few blurry side views.  What specific features should I look for?  Are brown eyes seen in both male & female immatures?

I was hoping someone with more experience would jump in as I've only seen a few young birds.

What I was getting at was that an adult female would have more underside streaking/markings than a young bird.

I suspect young birds both have a darker eye, so probably not possible to differentiate gender.

You have now exhausted my limited knowledge 🙂.