Adult harriers have yellow eyes. Adult males are gray on their dorsal side. Ventrally they are white except for spots on their chest and black wingtips. Adult females are a brown color all over their body, except for underneath their wings where there are white stripes. Immature males and females resemble the adult female but they have a darker shade of brown covering the dorsal side, and a brownish rusty color underneath.
Immature harriers have brown eyes.
Other food sources include insects, small rodents, and small reptiles. Reproduction The nest, built mostly by the female, is made out of sticks and padded on the inside with grass. The nest is built on the ground, often on raised mounds of dirt or clumps of vegetation. Harriers often nest in loose colonies of 15 to 20 individuals. Eggs are laid from mid-May to early June.