Image:Hawk eating prey.jpg
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English: A hawk (juvenile red-tailed hawk — Buteo jamaicensis) eating its prey (California meadow vole — Microtus californicus).[1].
Français : Une buse à queue rousse (Buteo jamaicensis) mangeant Microtus californicus, un campagnol d'amérique du nord.[1]
Svenska: En ung rödstjärtad vråk (Buteo jamaicensis) som äter sitt byte (californiaåkersork — Microtus californicus)[1]
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According to the image's author here, citing "an email from a field biologist", the bird is "a juvenile red-tailed hawk dining on a California meadow vole (Microtus californicus)".
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| current | 23:16, 18 November 2007 | 1,967×1,714 (2.54 MB) | AzaToth | (trying to reduce noise) |
| 18:24, 28 August 2006 | 1,967×1,714 (1.58 MB) | Sandstein | ({{Information |Description= A hawk eating its prey, a small rodent. |Source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/226587515/ |Date= |Author=[http://www.flickr.com/people/jurvetson/ Steve Jurvetson] |Permission=Free content licence. |other_versions= }} ) |
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- Talk:Death
- Predation
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures thumbs 06
- Portal:California/Selected picture/Candidates
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
- Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/December-2006
- Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Hawk eating prey
- Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-01-02/Features and admins
- Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-01-02/SPV
- Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2007
- Template:POTD/2007-04-11
- User talk:Jurvetson
- Template:POTD protected/2007-04-11
- Portal:Birds/Selected picture/4
