Martin K. McNicholl1,2
1 LGL Limited, environmental research associates, 9768 Second Street, Sidney, B.C. V8L 3Y8
2 Correspondence address: Apartment 105, 8752 Centaurus Circle, Burnaby, B.C. V3J 7E7; e-mail: sterna@shaw.ca
Abstract: Although numerous birds have been found impaled on barbed wire fences, a female Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) impaled on a fence at Vancouver International Airport in 2005 appears to be only the third documented case of such impalement for that species and the fourth for any harrier species in spite of their habit of frequently flying back and forth just above such fences.
Key words: accidental deaths, Circus cyaneus, Northern Harrier, Sea Island, British Columbia, barbed wire, fence, impale, pierce, ensnare, catch, collide
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