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Description	English: A hawk (juvenile red-tailed hawk — Buteo jamaicensis) eating its prey (California meadow vole — Microtus californicus).[1]. Svenska: En ung rödstjärtad vråk (Buteo jamaicensis) som äter sitt byte (californiaåkersork — Microtus californicus)[1]
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Author	Steve Jurvetson
Permission	This file is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License This image was originally posted to Flickr by jurvetson at http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/226587515/. It was reviewed on 16:46, 15 December 2006 by FlickreviewR, and confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/226587515/#comment72157594258725735

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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