A Rough-legged Hawk consuming his prey on top of a phone pole who seemed to be warning me away.
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Post Challenge:
Looks like I should have gone ahead and entered a different version of my PB eagle shot from December. I just could not bring myself to do that so close together. But I ended up seeing quite a few entries of previous shots from the same location or the same shoot. Oh well, I'm not doing so well on my choices for Best fo the Year challenges!
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