When an owl lands in front of you!!<br />
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Right place right time, and all those hours of hanging around can pay off!  <br />
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Very lucky for us photographers, and this Hawk owl to have such a treat.  This is not a lion killing a wildebeest, but almost as cool to see.  Our owl flew down into the ditch within 12 feet of our cameras, and did his thing to help him survive the cold winter.<br />
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We could see and hear the vole struggling to get away, but in the end, it was carried off to the nearby woods to be stored for a future meal.<br />
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Amazing and real nature, never baited., and you can clearly see why I will never bait.<br />
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Northern Hawk owl and his Vole<br />
Ontario, Canada<br />
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Sony Alpha α9 ,Sony 100-400GM<br />
1/2000s f/8.0 at 250.0mm iso4000