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One for the effort

After flying over my head this light morphed Rough-legged Hawk disappeared behind the tree lines and came back shortly afterwards with her prized possession. Don't know why it came back close to where some of us were standing - may be a bit of show-off. It flew over the road in front of us and landed on the grassy side at the opposite end to consume the vole. What a magnificent bird and quite tolerant of humans too. It was a challenging condition under cloudy sky and fading light, that boosted the ISO to 6400. An absolutely stunning bird. Whitby, Ontario

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Uploaded on October 8, 2018
Taken on October 7, 2018