Description:

  • Bold white rump.

  • Slim bodies.

  • Long wings.

  • Long, square off tail.

  • Prominent facial mask (owl like).

  • Frequently fly low over field and marshes (hunting) with a side-to-side teetering motion.

  • Usually hold wings in a prominent dihedral or modified dihedral.

  • Adult males are snow white underneath and gray above giving them the nickname of the “gray ghost”.