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Northern Harrier, Circus cyaneus.
September 6 to April 16+. Fairly common transient and local winter resident. Additional sightings in late May and in summer could be related to a few known instances of nesting in Sebastian and Crawford Counties, south of the Ozarks region. Harriers (or Marsh Hawks as they were formerly named) are seen in open country, especially where there are large low-lying fields. As many as a dozen were observed in low, brushy fields between Gravette and Maysville during winter of 1986-1987.

Cooper's Hawk, Accipiter cooperii.
Regular migrant and winter resident that was formerly a fairly common summer resident. There have been no definite breeding records since those reported by Baerg (1951). Occasional summer records indicate that a few birds may still nest in the region. Two birds seen near Durham in Washington County on May 23, 1985, appeared to be performing courtship rituals. Most recent records fall between August and early May. Immature birds near Elkins, Washington County, on July 30, 1986, may indicate local nesting.

Sharp-shinned Hawk, Accipiter striatus.
September 24 to May 10+. Fairly common to uncommon migrant and winter resident in small numbers. There are no known breeding records for the region, but in recent years there have been sightings during June and July of single birds thought to be this species. An article that appeared in the May 1979 issue of American Birds stressed the difficulty in field identification of this and the following species.