Suddenly$$$ over the slope$$$ as if tethered to a cord of air drawing quickly upward$$$ came a Northern Harrier$$$ motionless but for its rising. So still was the bird - wings$$$ tail$$$ head - it might have been a museum specimen. Then$$$ as if atop the

Suddenly$$$ over the slope$$$ as if tethered to a cord of air drawing quickly upward$$$ came a Northern Harrier$$$ motionless but for its rising. So still was the bird - wings$$$ tail$$$ head - it might have been a museum specimen. Then$$$ as if atop the wind$$$ it slid down the ridge$$$ tilted a few times$$$ veered$$$ tacked up the hill$$$ its wings hardly shifting. I thought$$$ if I could be that hawk for one hour I'd never again be just a man.